The best bet for dry fly action is going to be above Oquaga Creek on the West Branch. We were hit with more rain overnight but the flow in Stilesville is 339 cfs this morning. It should be clear and fishable up there and it is definitely wadeable. The lower West Branch is off color but looks really good for streamer fishing. The flow at Hale Eddy is 1,140 cfs so if you are wading below Deposit pick your spots carefully. The Eastern drainage is definitely off color and running high. The flow in Downsville is 136 cfs and the flow at Harvard is 1,150 cfs. There’s a lot of water in those feeder creeks right now. We may get a little more rain today but Wunderground is only predicting .03″. We should keep the cloud cover which will help the olive and sulphur fishing on the upper West Branch.
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – Ephemerella dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella rotunda
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella invaria
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #18 – Baetis sp.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche spp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 339 cfs |
46° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,140 cfs |
56° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,550 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 2,770 cfs |
61° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 5,090 cfs |
64° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 777 cfs | 62° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 357 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 62° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 790 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 90.7% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 94.8% |
