The sun didn’t make things easy yesterday but some people did find success. Streamers have been moving some fish on the West Branch. We have that Fall chalky color in the river right now making the fish feel a little safer in the sunshine. If you find them chasing but not committing try dropping down a fly size or two. Nymphing has been productive in certain areas- look for edges and drop offs in water knee deep or less. Olives are the main hatch right now. We are still seeing some tricos but fewer and fewer each day. Today should be another great Fall day with air temperatures approaching 75 degrees and some sunshine. The cool nights will continue to be in the 40’s which is great news for the lower rivers in the system.
Fred with a nice fish yesterday. 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 | 1,130 cfs | 55° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,240 cfs |
55° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 105 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 148 cfs | 57° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,400 cfs |
58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 69 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,114 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 54° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 55 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 60.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 77.3% |
