Once again the forecast was off yesterday afternoon and the showers and thunderstorms missed us. We did have clouds for a good part of the day. Blind casting isonychias worked in the afternoon and there were sulphurs coming off on some river sections. We are still doing well using cripple patterns over duns during the day and spinner patterns at dark. If you are getting rejections on the sulphurs try throwing a #20 – 24 blue winged olive emerger or cripple. We’ve seen quite a few olives mixed in with the sulphurs.
Today looks sunny with a high around 90 degrees. Wind shouldn’t be an issue with gusts around 8 mph. Beginning tomorrow we have chances for thunderstorms through the weekend. Hopefully one of them will hit us. The upper East Branch and entire West Branch remain in great shape. The lower East Branch is starting off at 70 degrees this morning and the Mainstem is already 69 degrees.
Dave with a nice fish yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller
Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 575 cfs |
49° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 148 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 237 cfs | 70° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 857 cfs | 69° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 93 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 75 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 86.9% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 91% |
