Freestone · Sandstone Shale · New York, US

Beaverkill

The Beaverkill stream running over cobblestones in fall foliage, with a wooden footbridge in the background, Catskills, New York.
Today · About as good as it gets
Sculpin Streamer
Forecast · Today
About as good as it gets
On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% projected
Today's fly
Sculpin Streamer
Sculpin Streamer
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.83 m
Rising in the last 6h
Water temp10.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather5°C
WindN 20 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent14.1 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Rainbow Trout
Ideal
11°C est.ideal 10–18°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Rainbow Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good — water temperature is working for you, but insect activity is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Mayflies
Chironomids
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 21h

12h(now) — Eastern Blue-Winged Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 63%
Also:Black Midge33%
Peak emergence window5 food groups active

Peak activity at 21h — Brown Dun (Brown Dun, 4 food groups active)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Brown DunHatch
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Quill GordonHatch
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Blue QuillHatch
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HendricksonHatch
2
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Rainbow Trout
Local fly shops: Dette Flies·Beaverkill Angler
Beats · 3 · 1 reaches

The Beaverkill is public water for most of its length, but public water is not the same as a public bank — a lot of the frontage is private, and New York's Public Fishing Rights are narrow 33-foot easements bought from landowners, not a general right to cross. Fish the signed access points, the PFR corridors and the NY DEC no-kill stretches, and confirm the reach regulations before you go. This is a freestone, not a tailwater: it warms hard by July, so the honest move in high summer is to rest it and fish the cold branch releases instead.

Beaverkill · 3 beatsDay rods
Upper Beaverkill, Roscoe / Junction Pool, Lower Beaverkill
The 3 beats
Upper BeaverkillPublic
NY DEC public access + private frontage
The cold, intimate upper river above Roscoe — classic Catskill freestone with wild browns and headwater brook trout. There's good public access and PFR water in stretches, but plenty of private frontage between, so use the marked easements and don't assume the bank is open.
Much of the frontage is private; NY Public Fishing Rights are 33-ft bank easements only. Confirm current NY DEC no-kill / artificial-only reach boundaries before fishing.
Roscoe / Junction PoolPublic
NY DEC public access + private frontage
The historic heart of American fly fishing — Junction Pool at Roscoe, 'Trout Town USA', where the Willowemoc meets the Beaverkill, and the named pools below carry a century of fly-fishing history. High-recognition water, heavily fished, with a mix of public access and private frontage around the village.
Public-access node but expect crowds and private bank between access points. Use signed access and PFR corridors; verify reach regulations.
Lower BeaverkillPublic
NY DEC public access + private frontage
The bigger, warmer water down toward the East Branch confluence — broad pools and a freestone river that takes on real heat by midsummer. A useful temperature contrast to the cold branch tailwaters, but the reach to fish in spring and autumn, not in the July heat.
Strong summer thermal-welfare reach — water can climb into stressful temperatures; rest the fish when it warms. Public water with private bank between access points; verify reach regulations.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • No-kill / artificial-only sections plus general season
  • Verify NY DEC.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Willowemoc Creek
9.0 km
76
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
East Branch Delaware River
24 km
80
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Upper Main Stem Delaware River
25 km
85
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Neversink River
28 km
82
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Brook trout
West Branch Delaware River
39 km
85
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. The Beaverkill stream running over cobblestones in fall foliage, with a wooden footbridge in the background, Catskills, New York.
    Beaverkill stream
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Rainbow Trout · confidence 65%
How the 66 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity45 × 18%8.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Conditions total= 66
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 31 December
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