Dull, settled light over the water, with a light chop building from the WNW with a softening glass. Give the shaded margin through bright spells the first hour at Middle Flow. Expect the better fishing from morning through afternoon. Give the likely spots time before moving. A properly cold day, so expect slow, deliberate fishing.
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Middle Flow falls in Warren County, part of New York. It sits in mixed forest country. The water covers some 34 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 1.4 miles on foot. Nearest place of any size is Hadley, 10 miles away. The nearest city of size is Albany, 52 miles away. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.
The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Warren County, recorded fish include brown trout, brook trout and pumpkinseed. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Middle Flow where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.
The seasonal spread runs 16°F to 65°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Middle Flow that shapes the whole year.
Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lens Lake at 1.1 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Middle Flow for certain.
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The bites are average now
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| 5.2 | 5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8 | 9 | 9.4 | 9 | 9 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.73 | 29.72 | 29.72 | 29.71 | 29.71 | 29.71 | 29.73 | 29.74 | 29.74 | 29.73 | 29.72 | 29.71 | 29.71 | 29.71 | 29.72 | 29.74 | 29.76 | 29.77 | 29.79 | 29.81 | 29.83 | 29.84 | 29.86 | 29.87 |
| 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 88 |
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