The aqueduct work has been pushed off again. It is now scheduled for Fall of 2024.
We had some rain overnight that bumped the flows slightly but the West Branch looks good at 700 cfs. It’s clear out front and is a good level for floating and wading. Deposit is still your best bet for daytime hatching but the cloud cover and potential thunderstorms could push the the bugs a little earlier on the lower West. Blind casting Isonychias and light cahills is still putting some fish in the net.
The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and Mainstem at Lordville will peak over 70 degrees today. It’s time to give these sections a break and fish the colder water.
Today will be 77 degrees with clouds this morning and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Pale Evening Dun – #14 – Epeorus vitreus
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocleon sp.
Light Cahill – #14 – E. invaria, rotunda, Stenocron spp.
Olive Caddis – #16 – 18 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
View the current local weather conditions.
| Click on any gauge for the most recent data: | ||
|---|---|---|
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 488 cfs | 45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 698 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 333 cfs | 60° |
| East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY | 1,030 cfs | 64° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,210 cfs | 67° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 588 cfs | 65° |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 60° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 440 cfs | 67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 81.5% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 92.7% |
