Summertime is definitely here. The sun shone brightly from what seemed like 5AM on (at least that’s when I remember it waking me up at least), with very little cloud cover protecting us during the day. Fortunately, water temps did go up, but did not skyrocket. Those fishing the Main found some action only after the sun was behind the hills and the water temp had started to drop for the evening. The West was fairly slow, with some decent daytime activity in the cooler waters near Stilesville. The evening rush (stenos and sulphurs mostly) was brief and late – from about 8:30 until dark. Temps are supposed to drop a bit today, and we are already seeing a little bit of cloud cover overhead. Let’s hope it sticks around!
Now for something completely different – the interns and I caught the craziest Isonychia dun the other night – he’s in the picture below. What’s odd, is how PALE he was. As in, the word ‘albino’ came to mind. The photo below was taken 12 hours after he hatched, and he obviously oxidized a bunch and darkened on the top, meaning he looked like a light cahill when we captured him. However, underneath he was the same color as a March Brown dun – light tan! None of us has ever seen one like it. Anyone else? I put a ‘typical’ iso photo directly below. Thanks as always to Jeff White.
The anomaly - a PALE iso dun. Photo by: Jeff White
A "typical" dark iso male dun. Photo by: Jeff White
Hatches:
Epeorus vitreus – Pale Evening Dun – (Female) -#14
Epeorus vitreus – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14
Stenonema vicarium – March Browns – #10-2xl
Stenonema fuscum – Grey Fox – #12-2xl
Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL and BIGGER!
Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16
Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14
Ephemerella cornuta – Light BWO – #14 (sporadic)
Ephemerella Deficiens– Dark. BWO -#12-20
Ephemerella Attenuata- Light BWO- #16-20
Ephemerella Pseudollocon– Tiny BWO- #22-26
Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18
Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16
Baetis species – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 575 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 200 cfs @ 58º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 726 cfs @ 63º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 1,650 cfs @ 66º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 441 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 96.0% – 500 CFS release |
