We had decent cloud cover for most of yesterday but the light intermittent showers never appeared. The olives seemed to hatch on their sunny day timeframe in the late afternoon. Nymphing was definitely the best technique for most of the day. We had a few tricos in the morning but most of the dry fly action was after 4 pm. It’s starting to feel like Fall and we are seeing seeing a few more caddis and just a few of the #14 Fall Isonychias. We have some warm weather coming our way in a few days but it finally feels like Summer is losing it’s grip. Accuweather is calling for cloudy skies and some decent winds gusts this afternoon. The air temperature should be cooler today with highs approaching 70 degrees.
Joel with a nice fish from the weekend. Photo by Bruce Miller
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 | 388 cfs | 50° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 507 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 162 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 367 cfs | 60° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 905 cfs |
63° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 174 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 394 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 186 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 64.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 80.9% |
