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Oatka Creek  Weather and Stream Conditions 900 Section of Spring Creek

Current and Historical Data

 
Rochester Oatka Creek  at  Garbutt
Cohocton River  at  Campbell
Dunkirk Cattaraugus Creek  at  Gowanda
Beaverkill River  at  Cooks Falls
Binghamton E. Branch, Delaware River  at  Harvard
W. Branch,  Delaware River  at  Hale Eddy
Monticello Main Stem,  Delaware River  at  Hankins

 

 

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 Brown Trout from Camera Pool, Oatka Creek.  Regional Fly Fishing Reports Oatka Creek upstream from RR bridge

 

 

 

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Oatka Creek upstream from USB pool Hatch Guide To Oatka Creek Mayflies Oatka Creek downstream from Farmer's Bridge

Dates Common Name Latin
Name		 Hook Size
Dry/Wet		 Nymph Emerger Dun Spinner Peak
Emergence		 Peak Spinners
3/21 - 4/21 Blue-Wing Olive Baetis vagans 16, 18/ 
14-18		 Baetis Nymph Baetis Deer Hair Blue-Wing Olive; Dark Blue Quill Rusty Spinner 11am - 4pm 11am - 4pm
4/7 - 5/21 Quill Gordon Epeorus pleuralis 12, 14/ 
10,12		 Dark Hare's Ear Nymph Dark Hare's Ear Wet; Quill Gordon Wet Quill Gordon Rusty Spinner 1 - 2:30pm 5-7pm
4/15 - 5/1 Hendrickson Ephemerella
subvaria		 14,16/ 
12-16		 Dark Hare's Ear; Hendrickson; Pheasant Tail Nymphs Hare's Ear Wet Dark, Light Hendrickson; 
Red Quill		 Rusty Spinner 1 - 4pm 5 - 8pm
5/15 - 6/15 March Brown Stenonema
vicarium		 10,12/ 
10,12 long		 March Brown Nymph March Brown Wet March Brown Rusty Spinner 10am - 6pm 6 - 9pm
5/21 - 7/1 Sulphur Ephemerella
dorothea		 16,18/ 
16		 Dorothea Nymph Pale Evening Dun Emerger Pale Evening Dun; Sulphur Dun Sulphur Spinner 7 - 9pm 7 - 9pm
6/1 - 7/1 Grey Fox Stenonema
fuscum		 8, 10/ 
10 long		 Hare's Ear Nymph Hare's Ear Wet Grey Fox Rusty Spinner 10am - 6pm 6 - 9 pm
6/10 - 8/15 Light Cahill Stenacron
canadense		 12,14/ 
12,14		 Light Hare's Ear Deer Hair Emerger Light Cahill Light Cream Spinner all day twilight
7/1 - 10/15 Little Blue-Wing Olive Pseudocloeon anoka 22/20 Little Olive Nymph Little Olive Nymph Blue-Wing
Olive		 Rusty Spinner all day 10am - Noon
7/21 - 8/15 Trico; Little White-Wing Black Tricorythodes
stygiatus		 22-26/ 
24,26		 Black Nymph Black Nymph Trico Black Spinner 6am - 8am 6am - 8am

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Spring Creek upstream from 900 Section  Hatch Guide To Catskill Mayflies  Spring Creek - The Sweet Spot - 900 Section.

Genus\Species Frequency From To Fly Size Duns Spinners
Baetis vagans
intercalaris		 Common Early April Early May Blue Winged
Olive		 18/20 Noon and on Afternoon Evening
Epeorus pleuralis Common Mid April Early May Quill Gordon 12/14 Noon and on Afternoon Evening
Paraleptophlebia
adoptiva		 Abundant Mid April Mid May Blue Quill 16/18 Noon and on Afternoon Evening
Ephemerella subvaria Abundant Late April Mid May Hendrickson Red Quill 12/14 Afternoon Evening Afternoon Evening
Ephemerella invaria rotunda Common Mid April Mid May Large Sulphur 12/14 Afternoon Evening Evening
Stenonema vicarium Common Mid May Mid June March Brown 10/12 Morn,Noon Afternoon Evening
Pseudocloeon carolina dubium Abundant Mid May Mid Oct Tiny Blue Winged Olive 20/26 Afternoon Evening Afternoon Evening
Stenonema fuscum Common Late May Late June Gray Fox 12/14 Noon and on Evening
Ephemerella dorothea Common Late May Late June Sulphur Dun 16/18 Afternoon Evening Evening
Epeorus vitreus Infrequent Early June Early July Sulphur Dun 12/14 Afternoon Evening Evening
Ephemera guttulata Abundant Early June Mid June Green Drake 6/8 Afternoon Evening Evening
Ephemera simulans Common Mid June Late June Brown Drake 8/10 Afternoon Evening Evening
Isonychia bicolor Common Early June Early July Dun Variant 8/10 Afternoon Evening Evening
Ephemerella cornuta Abundant Early June Late June Blue Winged Olive 14 Morn Noon Evening
Ephemerella cornutella attenuata Common Early June Early July Blue Winged Olive 16/18 Morn Evening
Stenacron interpunctatum canadence frontale Common Mid June Mid July Light Cahill 12/14 Afternoon Evening Evening
Stenonema Ithaca Common Mid June Mid June Light Cahill 12/14 Afternoon Evening Evening
Ephemera varia Common Mid June Early Aug Cream Variant 8/10 Evening Evening
Potomanthus distinctus Common Mid June Early Aug Cream Variant 8/10 Evening Evening
Tricorythodes stygiatus atratus Abundant Late June Mid Oct Trico 24/26 Morn Morn
Ephemerella deficiens lata Common Mid June Early Oct Blue Winged Olive 18,20/22 Afternoon Evening Evening
Isonychia harperi Common Late Aug Late Sept Dun Variant 12/14 Afternoon Evening Evening
               
 

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Catskill Scrapbook

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Rainbow and Brown Trout from Destination Pool, West Branch, Delaware River    Guestward-Ho Camp, near Deposit, NY - Joe - 1994    Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum, Livingston Manor, NY    Joe and Brown Trout

Guestward-Ho Camp. Jim B tying flies to match the hatch.    Dawn on the West Branch, Delaware River.    Brown Trout at Hale Eddy, West Branch, Delaware River    Dawn on the West Branch, Delaware River, RRR near Deposit, NY.

Dawn on the West Branch, Delaware River, RRR near Deposit, NY.    Jim prospecting for Trout. RRR, West Branch, Delaware River.    Guestward-Ho Camp, near Deposit, NY - Joe - 1997    Guestward-Ho Camp. Tying flys to match the hatch.

 

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Mayfly Identification

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Blue Quill    Light Cahill    Green Drake    Yellow Drake

Brown Drake    March Brown    Quill Gordon    Sulphur

Slate Drake    Red Quill    Trico (female)    Blue Wing Olive

 

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Hook Conversion Charts

Dry Fly Hooks
General Hook Description Daiichi Avalon Mustad Orvis Eagle Claw Partridge Tiemco
Wide Gape Down Eye 1100 NA 80000BR 4864 NA NA 100
Wide Gape Straight Eye 1110 NA NA 4641 NA NA 101
Standard 1170 A1170 94840 1176 LO59 L2A 5210
Standard Mini Barb 1180 NA NA 1523 NA NA 5210
Barbless 1190 NA 80010BR 1877 LO61B E1AY 900BL
2X Long 1280 NA 94831 1638 NA H1A 5212
1X Short Down Eye 1310 NA 94838 1509 NA NA 921
1X Short Up Eye 1330 NA 94842 NA NA NA NA
Limerick Mini Barb 1480 NA 94859 170T NA K1A NA

Curved Hooks
General Hook Description Daiichi Avalon Mustad Orvis Eagle Claw Partridge Tiemco
Down Eye Scud 1130 NA 80250BR 1639 LO55 K4A 2487
Midge / Emerger 1140 NA 80100BR 1639 NA NA 206BL
Heavy Scud 1150 NA 80200BR 8891 LO56 NA 2457
Curved Shank 1270 A1270 80050BR 1510 LO52 NA 200R
Chironomid 1273-In Colors NA NA 161T NA NA NA

Wet/Nymph Hooks
General Hook Description Daiichi Avalon Mustad Orvis Eagle Claw Partridge Tiemco
2X Heavy Wet 1530 NA 3908 1641 NA NA 3769 - 1X Short
Standard Wet 1550 A1550 3906 167T LO60 G3A NA
1X Long Nymph 1560 NA 3906B NA LO57 NA 3761
2X Long Nymph 1710 A1710 9671 1524 LO63 D4A 5262
3X Long Nymph 1720 A1720 9672 1526 LO58 NA 5263
Swimming Nymph 1770 NA 80150BR 1512 NA NA 400T Light Wire

Streamer Hooks
General Hook Description Daiichi Avalon Mustad Orvis Eagle Claw Partridge Tiemco
4x Long Straight Eye 1750 NA 9674 0167 NA D3ST 9395
4 X Long Down Eye 2220 A2220 79580 8808 L281 D4A NA
6X Long 2340 NA 3665A 1511 NA NA 300
Aberdeen Black 2461 NA 3262 NA NA NA NA
 


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