The cool nights have kept water temperatures in check despite the low water. We are in for a couple of days of sun and light wind with a possible light rain on Saturday. There are fish eating little olives on top with some fish eating isonychias on some arts of the system. We did see quite a few fish chasing caddis pupa yesterday so swinging wet flies should work well. Nymphing in the low water will work before the dry fly action starts. Look for deeper water to nymph once the fog burns off and the sun hits the water.
The release from Cannonsville has been cut back again as the yo yo releases continue. The release is 150 cfs this morning. The Mainstem flow at Lordville is 494 cfs. Of all the crazy release BS we’ve seen over the years this has to be way up there.
Hatching:
Slate Drake – #12 – 14- Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20– Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahill – #14 – 16
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 131 cfs |
54° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 252 cfs |
56° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 112 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 201 cfs |
56° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 494 cfs |
59° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 65 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 150 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 78 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 45.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 71.2% |
