Ok, ok – it’s been more than a week. Sorry for the delay, your amusing reprimands are heeded, faithful readers! Here’s an actual report for you!
On the plus side, very little has changed insofar as conditions are concerned here as of late. A bit of snow, followed by warm weather to melt it off brought the flows up a little bit, but the water temps are still (mercifully) cold, so we’re not worried about Hendricksons popping as of yet. With the water temps staying below 40, there has been little to no surface activity out front, and the fish have been sluggish as well. Occasional little black stones will get an occasional rise, but not frequently enough to really get anyone excited.
Cannonsville is down to 86%, which makes me think that NYC must be drawing water from the lake via the aqueduct, as there is definitely more water coming in than is going out – ice could also be a factor in that measurement. Here’s hoping for more snow / rain before April!
A little black stonefly crawling on the driveway yesterday. Bad cell phone photo by: Bart Larmouth
Hatches:
Tiny Black Stoneflies – very infrequent, #18
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 244 cfs @ 39º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 431 cfs @ 39º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 197 cfs @ 39º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 746 cfs @ 38º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 1,650 cfs @ 38º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 274 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 86.4% –224 CFS release |
