Posted on April 04 2017
The rain came down hard around 2:30 this morning and the rivers are starting to rise. The feeder creeks are pumping in a lot of water and half of them seem to be clear while the other half are muddy. The Beaverkill is climbing quickly so the East Branch should rise significantly by mid day. There is another 1/4″ of rain in the forecast for today. Wading is not a good idea on the system but floating is still an option. People have had some success throwing streamers over the last couple of days. The rivers have warmed up a few degrees and are in decent shape for early April. The reservoir inflows are climbing too and we may actually see a spill soon if we continue to get heavy rains every day or two.
If the rains keep coming we may see these in the river. It’s been a while
Hatching:
Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidae sp.
Early Brown and Black Stoneflies – #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx spp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,420 cfs |
38° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 3,320 cfs |
40° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,730 cfs | 41° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 4,260 cfs |
42° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 9,070 cfs |
42° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 3,120 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,518 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 40° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 3,000 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 97.5% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.4% |