The clouds stuck around most of yesterday with the sun poking through occasionally. We’re in the normal West Branch Summer program with midday sulphurs, olives, and a few Isonychias close to the dams and evening olives, cahills, and Isonychias on the mid to lower West Branch. Nymphing or swinging wets will be the best bets early in the day and on the lower sections until the sun drops. Today will be sunny and hot again so finding the river sections that get shade early could pay off.
Today will be 87 degrees with sun and clouds mixed. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.
The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, the East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and the Mainstem water temps are all too hot to fish this morning. It’s time to give these rivers a break.
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What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – Ephemerella dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenonema ithaca & canadense
Light Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – Ephemerella attenuata, cornutella
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
View the current local weather conditions.
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 502 cfs | 45° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 552 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 185 cfs | 59° |
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY | 402 cfs | 69° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,090 cfs | 68° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 138 cfs | 70° |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | 56° | |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 106 cfs | 72° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 76.4% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 87.6% |