Beaverkill River Weekly Fishing Report - May 19, 2024

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. 

Beaverkill River Fishing Report - April 28, 2024

Fishing has really heated up this past week! Hendricksons continue to make their presence known, along with the early hatches of Blue Quills and Quill Gordons. All week long there were reports of good catches amidst prolific hatches. The fish are fat and feisty and are taking dry flies - and with air temperatures reaching the 60s and 70-degree mark, what more could a trout fisher ask for? Both the Willowemoc and Beaverkill have been producing good numbers of trout during the past week, mainly in the afternoons.

Beaverkill Stream Conditions Report - April 14, 2024

Our rivers and streams had been in very fishable shape last week, with the early hatches of Quill Gordons and Blue Quills noted. Fishing below the surface with wet flies and nymphs has been productive, even when no hatches are detected. And Tuesday’s water temperatures reached that “magic” number of 50 degrees Fahrenheit - the temperature fly fishers watch for - that marks the beginning of the fly hatches we look forward to.

However, with Friday’s downpours and storms, water levels rose to a non-wadeable level of almost 6000 cubic feet per second. The unsettled weather over the weekend has kept many trout fishers indoors, waiting for more good weather.