The flows on the West Branch and East Branch seem to have leveled out. The rain stopped and the sun is shining this morning se we should begin to drop. The Beaverkill flow has dropped back the most overnight and should settle down in the next couple of days if the rain holds off. Some of the tributaries should be fishable today and tomorrow if you move up into the headwaters. Wading is not an option on the big rivers but if you are confident behind the oars the West Branch is okay to float at this level. It’s mostly going to be a streamer game where you have to hit them on the head. Visibility has definitely improved on the West Branch but there is still color. That should continue to improve today as the runoff decreases and we end up with more reservoir spill in the river. The current release from Cannonsville Reservoir is 323 cfs and the spill is 2,477 cfs.
Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – Ephemerella dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – Ephemera guttulata
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella rotunda
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella invaria
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
March Brown – #10 -2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Blue Wing Olives – #18 – Baetis sp.
Dark Grannom – #14 – 18 – Brachycentrus spp.
Tan Caddis #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche spp.
Little Black Caddis – #18-20 – Chimarra sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 2,780 cfs |
60° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 4,440 cfs |
56° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 2,430 cfs | 55° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 5,870 cfs |
54° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 12,300 cfs |
55° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 2,410 cfs | 51° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 323 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 2,110 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 102.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100.7% |
