Yesterday fished well for us overall with a mix of olives and small flying ants. There were a few Isonychias and cahills in the mix but the olives have been the main hatch for a while now. Thy ranged from size 18 to 26. A few fish wanted the tiny flies but overall you can get away with an #18. Nymphing or swinging wets were also productive before the hatch.
We have a few thunderstorms moving though the area this morning. The total rainfall should be under 1/4″ today. Check the gauges below for the latest flow data just to be sure. A little rain and good cloud cover should make decent fishing conditions today. 81 degrees and wind 5 – 10 mph from the South
If the rain impacts the flows significantly we’ll do a mid day blog update.
Jim with on eon an olive dry fly yesterday
JIm with another dry fly fish yesterday
What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenocron spp. , E. invaria
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – D. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. cornutella, attenuata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 919 cfs |
51° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,050 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 558 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,350 cfs | 58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,430 cfs | 61° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 511 cfs | 61° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 900 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 414 cfs |
64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 93.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 96.2% |
