We're happy to report good fishing conditions over the weekend. Last week’s rains replenished our rivers and streams somewhat, and water levels had spiked up last Wednesday but by Saturday had receded back to an average flow and dropping a bit on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls was flowing at 484 cubic feet per second, which is below the median average flow on this date of 529 cubic feet per second over 110 years of record-keeping. This allows anglers to enjoy easy wading in all our free-flowing streams.
Fly hatches continue to be the large March Browns (sizes #10 and #8) and Gray Foxes, which look almost identical to the March Browns but in a smaller version (sizes #12 and #14) along with small caddis, olives and Sulphurs. Most anglers are finding better luck later in the day rather than in the mornings or mid-day, in fact fishing up until dark is proving effective.