Hopefully Wunderground has the forecast nailed down and today will be the last day we see in the 80’s for a while. We’ll hit 83 degrees with good cloud cover. Wind will be 10 – 15 mph from the North. It already sounds better than yesterday. Tomorrow we should drop back into the high 70’s at least. Hopefully the cloud cover makes the caddis more active during the day and pushes the mayfly hatches a little earlier. Watch for spinner falls in the morning and at night. There are still some #16 hendricksons around and the spinners are definitely around some river sections.
The last few days of bright sun and hot air temps have driven up the water temps on the lower East Branch, Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, and Upper Mainstem. The river temps peaked above 65 degrees yesterday afternoon so please check the gauges or use a thermometer before you fish the lower river sections. It’s disgusting that we have to temp the lower river sections in May with both Cannonsville and Pepaction over 99% capacity.
A good one in yesterday’s sunshine. Bruce Miller photo
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. Subvaria (female)
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 396 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 558 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 222 cfs | 57° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 590 cfs | 64° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,520 cfs | 65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 302 cfs | 62° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 387 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 57° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 350 cfs |
64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.7% |
