The low water and bright sun made yesterday tough. The release from Cannonsville Reservoir continues to be 401 cfs until further notice. Nymphing on the West Branch was definitely the best technique during the day until the olives and small sulphurs hatched towards dark. The low water and bright sun also heated up the Mainstem and lower East again with both rivers having water temperatures peaking at 70 degrees or above. Today should be cooler with air temperatures in the low 70’s. Accuweather is calling for 1/4″ of rain to fall sporadically throughout the day followed by just under 1/2″ overnight. Small olives, small sulphurs, a few isonychias, and a few cahills will cover the majority of the hatches.
Look for the shaded banks until the clouds roll in today
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
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.
Flying ants #16-24
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 401 cfs | 50° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 498 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 153 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 224 cfs | 63° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 857 cfs |
65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 90 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 394 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 91 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 64.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 80.9% |
