We certainly had a bit of a strange day out there yesterday. There were strong yet sporadic hatches throughout the afternoon on the entire system. In some areas it was dictated by the wind, in others your guess is as good as mine! The evening brought some PERFECT hatching/spinner fall conditions, but aside from an insanely brief flush of bugs around 8:30, none was really to be had. Today we are expecting some more clouds and slightly cooler temps, which should (in a perfect world which I know we do not live in) have a bit more consistent mayfly activity throughout the day, and hopefully the spinner fall that we were denied last evening!
Geoff Adams holds an OBESE Brown Trout! Photo: Bruce Miller
What’s Hatching:
Ephemerella subvaria – Hendricksons – #12 & #14 (waning)
Stenonema vicarium – March Browns – #10-2xl
Stenonema fuscum – Grey Fox – #12-2xl
Hydropysche species – Tan Caddis – #16 & #18
Chimarra species – Charcoal Caddis – #16 & #18
Epeorus vitreus – PED, Pink Lady – #14 – Getting Started
Baetis species – BWO – #16 & #18 – Very sporadic
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva – Blue Quill – #16 & #18 – Waning, spinners still around
Current Flow Conditions:
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 161 cfs @ 42º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 264 cfs @ 53º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 232 cfs @ 52º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 810 cfs @ 54º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,560 cfs @ 58º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 492 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 98.0% – 150 CFS release |
