And up we go this morning. The release from Cannonsville Reservoir is being stepped up to 1,071 cfs by 10 am this morning. The increases have added some color to the river and there is some weeds and algae floating down. Most of that filters out downstream and the West Branch remains fishable this morning. It’s time to choose your high water wade spots. Once the water settles in over the next few hours the fish should get comfortable again. Small olives and small sulphurs. We are still seeing some flying ants in the late afternoon but they are unpredictable. It would be nice if they took some of our directed release and passed it on to the East Branch and work a nice balance between the two rivers.
and up we go
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 | 923 cfs | 53° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 892 cfs climbing |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 112 cfs | 55° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 173 cfs | 63° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 994 cfs |
65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 81 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,071 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 71 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 63.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 79% |
