Why, hello summer. We hit almost 70 degrees here yesterday, and the bugs were definitely responding. We had large numbers of tiny black stones, and even some super-small (#20) Baetis kicking around as well. It doesn’t seem like the trout have caught on to this fact, however. No matter how much I stared at Home Pool, the fish just didn’t seem to materialize. The water temps are still mercifully low (we don’t want everything hatching out too early!) We will see what this spate of warm weather brings over the next few days. Rain in the forecast is a blessing as well, as it will hopefully bring the reservoir level back up, as NYC is drawing it down at a pretty good clip through the aqueducts.
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Home Pool this morning. Still good and green, which = cold! Photo by: Bart Larmouth
Hatches:
Tiny Black Stoneflies – very infrequent, #18
Baetis species – #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 247 cfs @ 38º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 585 cfs @ 42º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 349 cfs @ 42º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 1,870 cfs @ 43º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 3,000 cfs @ 46º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 1,130 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 89.3% –224 CFS release |
