Yesterday felt like mid August. Bright sun, little wind, and it was hot. It was a good day to find a shaded bank and watch a riffle for caddis. People still found fish eating – still mostly caddis with some sulphurs and cahills mixed in. It will be hot again today but we should see some clouds moving in with the potential for some rain and storms. Most of the storm should hit over night but the total predicted rainfall of less than 1/2″ shouldn’t change the river flows much. The clouds will be a welcome sight. Saturday we cool back down the 70’s during the day. Today should fish a lot like yesterday. Your best bet for bugs during the day will be in the coldest water.
Give the lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and the Mainstem a break today. All three of those rivers peaked at or above 70 degrees yesterday and are starting off in the high 60’s already this morning.
Hatching:
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March Brown – 10 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly S. vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly S. fuscum)
Sulphur – #16 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophillia sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Dark Blue Sedge– #16 – Psilotetra sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 589 cfs | 46° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 654 cfs | 49° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 182 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 436 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,220 cfs | 67° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 174 cfs | 65° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 164 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 96.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 97.8% |
