It looks like summer has finally struck here in Starlight – the East Branch is low and warm, doing the same to the Main Stem – it will be fishable in the evenings, but I would avoid it during the heat of the day. The steady 600 CFS release down the West Branch is doing well to keep the upper-upper main cool, as well as itself. With the bright sun, we are back to morning / evening dry fly – type scenario, but still will plenty of bugs popping before and after the sun hits the water!
- Hatches:
Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL
Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20
Stenonema sp. – Light Cahill #12-#14
Ephemerella deficiens- Blue Wing Olive #14
Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18
Emphemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12
Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18
Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26
| FLOWS: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 609 cfs @ 43º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 632 cfs @ 45º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 219 cfs @ 55º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 550 cfs @ 64º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,410 cfs @ 63º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 257 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 96.1% – 610 CFS |
