Unbelievable. The Cannonsville release has been raised to 1,137 this morning. This is after a drop to 300 cfs from 1500 cfs over the last couple of days. Any recent press about them caring about the downstream users is total BS. Wading will be tough on the West Branch today. There are a few pools that are fishable without a boat. Streamers fished the best yesterday but there were some flying ants on the water. The Mainstem started to warm up a bit yesterday but the additional release this morning will drop the temps again. There is a little color on the West Branch but it is fine for fishing. The lower Main has some mud color but will clear as the release hits it today.
Margaret with her first Delaware trout. Photo by Bob Lewis
Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- 14- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
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 | 962 cfs |
52° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 885 cfs |
58° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 188 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 400 cfs |
63° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,150 cfs rising |
66° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 152 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,137 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 499 cfs rising |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 54.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 75.9% |
