What a difference a day will make, and I will completely fall on my sword here – my prediction for the day proved to be as wrong as most of our weather forecasters up here. We had very little activity throughout the day, as the cold influx of water from Cannonsville, combined with the overcast skies to keep the water temps hovering around 50F. This stalled the hatching until the late afternoon, where there was a brief flurry of activity when the water hit its peak temp for the day. The fish were there and eager to eat, there just wasn’t a ton on the menu to be had. Today we will have a dramatically warmer day, with highs in the 70s, and cloud cover to boot. This should bring those temps back up where we want them to be for the bugs, and hopefully spur some more activity in general. We did have a pretty good thunderstorm overnight, which dropped some good amounts of rain upstream, bringing the West Branch up near 500 this morning, but with no discoloration thus far. More water is ALWAYS a good thing!
Bruce Miller holding a very strange looking trout caught by the gentleman to his right, Harry Rupp. Photo by: Alan Rupp
Hatches:
Ephemerella subvaria – Hendricksons – #16
Stenonema vicarium – March Browns – #10-2xl (sporadic, just getting started)
Light Brachycentrus Caddis – Apple Green – #16 & #18
Dark Brachycentrus Caddis – Charcoal – #16 & #18
Baetis species – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 146 cfs @ 44º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 485 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 222 cfs @ 50º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 940 cfs @ 50º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 1,600 cfs @ 52º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 560 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 92.8% – 150 CFS release |
