River Report
Extended Forecast for Roscoe NY https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/ny/roscoe
Fishing reports and conditions: 7/17/25, 6:30 am,
There is something to fly-fishing that when you see that person catch his first trout and second that makes it all worth it. It may not be that 20 incher, but making that drift and seeing the fly disappear and he reacts to a tight line and watching him place that fish in the net and his response is I did it! Makes it all worth it in the journey of fly-fishing, Congratulations to Tom Gotsch a member of the Sunday morning winter fly-tyers. His two fish took a Sulpher parachute on the EB. Yesterday getting to the river the river was basically void of bugs, some small Olives #24, couple of Sulphers and sporadic rises, wasn't till 8:30 pm the river woke up and the Sulphers were more abundant plus we had more targets and that is when Tom scored his first two fish. Fog was off and on started early 7 pm as it was humid. Today all river levels are fine, hard to believe we had a lot of rain 3 days ago. Rivers are running clear but a few are already warm, Beaverkill, lower Mainstem. Tailwaters are the ticket, here you should see more activity fish wise and bugs. Going to be another warm one, so one should consider fishing above Bridgeville on the Neversink and close to the portal on the Esopus. Since the Beaverkill and Willowemoc are to warm to fish the East branch has been a little more crowded, some of the pools I fish now will have another car or two around, remember we must share but not crowd the other angler, give plenty of space. Another half hour up the road you can find more water and room to fish on the West branch.Today 81 degrees, cloudy with a chance of rain, Winds south 4 - 12 mph with gusts up to 28 mph. Bugs in ones box, Cahill's #14/12, Sulphers #16-20, Olives #18-24, Iso's not as frequent during the summer you might use them on the Tailwaters. Spinners of different colors and sizes, plus a few terrestrails. Carry some Trico's and caddis tan.
"July 19th" Butternut Grove Campground, 1-5 pm, Douglas rods, Roscoe Brewery, Trouttownflies, will be hosting a cast and sip event, Cast a Douglas rod and see how easy they are with a terrific warranty and Sip some of Roscoe Brewery finest beers! Great location to cast as the Beaverkill is right there! "No flies attached"
Mousing trips are underway with guide John Francis. Call the shop for more details. , 607-290-4107
"Lost and Found"-
"All Lost and found items not claimed, will be donated to a youth group the following year"
7/3/25: Lost at Barking Dog, West branch, Simms chest pack with Net, If found please call Bob, at 860-634-4500.
6/27/25, Found Sling pack and net, vicinity of the banks of the Powerlines, found by Dan Reiners, gear is in Flyshop. Please describe.
6/13/25, Lost area of Stilesville, Hardy rod marksman and Ultra disc Reel, 9ft, 5wt, Email- greg.nearhood@gmail.com
6/6/25: Lost Moonshine 4wt rod, near Cooks Falls, Call Joe at 908-451-7193
5/25/25: Found wading staff East branch call Pete, and describe, 646-784-8011
5/25/25: Lost, buck Eddy area, 2 fly boxes, Ramsey outdoor box and Lively leggzz box, call John, 848-333-6364
5/3/25: Found Fly box, vicinity of cottage street, call shop 607-290-4107,
5/3/25: Lost Chest Pack, vicinity of Ben Gray's pool on Beaverkill, Call Dennis 609-577-9820, Reward.
NYC Reservoir Levels: As Of 7/16/25
"Usable storage"
Schoharie: 81.2 %
Cannonsville: 93.8 %
Perpacton: 95.3 %
Askokan: 95.8 %
Neversink: 97.9 %
Roundout: 96.0 %
Croton: 100.1 %
Current: 95.8 %
Normal: 93.1 %
July Hatches:
BWO's assorted sizes
Caddis- and Tan, Green
Sulphers
Slate Drakes "Iso's"
Cahills
Golden Drake
Yellow Drake
Trico's
Hebe's
"Streamers and Nymphs"
"Acid Factory is closed from July 1st - August 31st" "No fishing"
Photo's of the week! Teach a Youngster to fish, they are our future!
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July 17th, 2025 6:45 AM, Rivers / Streams Flow Temp Condition Beaverkill 353 70.2 warm Willowemoc 83 67.1 warm East Branch – Harvard 288 61.0 wade East branch - Downsville 152 00.0 wade Fish Eddy- 880 00.0 warm West Branch - Hale Eddy 653 49.6 wade West branch- Stilesville 497 45.7 wade Mainstem-Lordsville 2300 69.8 warm Neversink- Bridgeville 230 65.3 wade/above Bridgeville Esopus 541 65.1 wade/ close to portal ** Acid Factory- closed from July 1st to August 31st,** thermal refuge area no fishing! " A lot of gauges are malfunctioning, So the numbers are off!" " October 16th through March 31st is the "catch and release season" with that no "Live Bait allowed" ** if for some reason there is no current River report, the Host is down once up I will place a report, or throw the computer in the Garbage.
Usual
Fly of the Week: Usual
Hook: Lighting strikes DF1 #14-18
Thread: 8/0 Orange
Tail: Picture-white tailing fibers, or snowshoe Rabbit is a option
Body: Cream snowshoe
Wing: Cream snowshoe
The Usual is an attractor fly suggests food, you can use different thread for color, Orange thread is popular as well as Yellow, the beauty of fly tying is that you can experiment even with snowshoe rabbit.