The Mainstem and the Lower East Branch are both starting off over 70 degrees this morning and are not fishable for trout. The lower West Branch is 62 degrees this morning so fish with your thermometer as the day goes on and temperatures rise. The Upper West Branch and Upper East Branch are your best bets for cold water today. Definitely check the water temperature on the Beaverkill today if you are fishing that river. We had a light shower this morning but it wasn’t enough to bump the flows. We will have cooler air temperatures today with a high in the mid 80’s. The bright sun hitting the exposed rocks in the lower water will cause the water temps to rise despite the cooler air temperatures.
Hopefully we get the 500 cfs release on June 1st along with a cool down in the weather.
Lower West Branch temperatures are still higher than we’d like to see
Hatching:
Green Drakes – 8-2xl – 10-2xl – E. Guttalata
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox #12-2xl- Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema fuscum)
Pink Lady – #14 – Epeorus vitreus
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 E. cornuta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 345 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 481 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 173 cfs | 62° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 511 cfs | 70° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,170 cfs | 71° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 226 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 381 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 62° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 191 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% |
