It was definitely a mixed bag yesterday! We had some early morning cloud cover, which melted away towards the afternoon, then reappeared towards dark. The upper river had bugs VERY early and throughout the periods of clouds, and shut down a little bit when that bright yellow nuclear furnace came out to scorch us. The entire river had some wonderful evening hatches of smaller sulphurs (#20) and olives (#18), and the fish decided to be extra special picky just to make things interesting. ON the side of the house this morning, we definitely had a good mix of bugs that likely hatched overnight. A BIG T-storm rolled through at about 5 AM, but unfortunately did not dump much water on us – all show, and no go! Today, we’re starting off cloudy, and they are predicting scattered thunderstorms throughout the day. Hopefully this cloud cover will continue and give us good bug activity all day as it did yesterday!
The humidity and cold water gave us a little bit of fog this morning, but I saw more than a few rings in the film…..anyone want to watch the shop for a bit? Photo by: Bart Larmouth
Hatches:
Epeorus vitreus – Pale Evening Dun – (Female) -#14
Epeorus vitreus – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14
Potomanthus distinctus – Golden Drake – #12-2xl
Stenonema fuscum – Grey Fox – #12-2xl
Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL and BIGGER!
Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16
Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14
Ephemerella deficiens– Dark. BWO -#12-20
Ephemerella attenuata- Light BWO- #16-20
Ephemerella pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26
Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18
Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16
Baetis species – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 538 cfs @ 47º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 547 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 197 cfs @ 55º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 299 cfs @ 68º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 994 cfs @ 70º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 89 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 82.5% – 530 CFS release |
