The flows throughout the system didn’t change much overnight. Once the sun came out in the afternoon it was feeling like t-shirt weather on the river. Unfortunately the bright sun made the fish shy even when there were bugs on the water. We ran into a decent but short isonychia hatch but the fish just couldn’t get happy in the sun. Shaded areas were much better. Nymphing and swinging wet flies during the hatch were definitely better options to catch fish. Today looks like a better fishing day with clouds rolling in and a few showers. Air temperatures should stay in the low 60’s with winds gusting only around 7 mph.
Patrick releasing a nice brown. Photo by Jared Makowski
Hatching:
Slate Drake #14 – Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 712 cfs |
59° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 779 cfs |
57° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 120 cfs | 49° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 229 cfs | 53° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,140 cfs | 57° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 100 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 736 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 57° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 159 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 54.8% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 73% |
