Today’s weather sounds a lot like what we saw yesterday – again. The air temp will be close to 80 degrees, wind 5 – 10 from the North, and a mix of sun and clouds. And like yesterday there is a 20% chance of a storm that won’t hit us. So the fishing should be the same again. Afternoon sulphurs and olives close to the dams in the coldest water. Some evenings there have been a second round of hatches up there towards dark. The lower West will be more nymphing and wets during the day with a shot of some hatches as the sun drops. Fishing a dry and dropper in the shallow riffles over drop offs can work too.
The lower Beaverkill, lower East Branch, and Mainstem temperatures all peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Even the East Branch at Harvard peaked over 70 degrees.
Give those rivers a break until they cool down.
Ethan with a good fish. Dan Treadwell photo
Hatching:
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Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Epeorus vitreus, stenocron sp., invaria
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophillia sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #18 – 20 – E. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olive – 16 -20 – E. attenuata, cornutella
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 534 cfs | 47° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 561 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 200 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 692 cfs | 69° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,390 cfs | 70° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 313 cfs | 67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 540 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 61° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 80 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 84.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 91.4% |
