We are beginning to get some reports of the normal mid day sulphur hatches but the bugs have been spotty so far. The hatching should increase and settle in over th enext few wekks bringing us our normal summer fishing with sulphurs, Isonychias, and olives. There were flushes of insects on the West Branch yesterday but you had to be in the right place at the right time to capitalize. A lot of the decent fishing has been at dark or in the dark so don’t leave the river early- especially on a bright day with no wind. The spinners have to show.
The stenos are out
Hatching:
Sulphurs #16 -18 E. dorothea
Light Cahill #14 – E. Invaria
Pale Evening Dun #14 Epeorus vitreus
Tan Caddis #16 – 18- Hydrosyche sp.
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Slate Drakes #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Charcoal Caddis #16-18 – Dk Brachycentrus sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 494 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 659 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 295 cfs @ 56º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,080 cfs @ 62º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,070 cfs @ 64º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 568 cfs @ N/A |
