Pit River

Flow now

Pit R Bl Pit No 1 Ph Nr Fall River Mills CA, 8 mi from the river.

839cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 1,120 cfs to 1,330 cfs, around 1,210 cfs.

Snowpack

0.2 in of water in the snow at Adin Mtn, against a median 0.2 in for the date (100 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 13, peaks Mar 17 and is gone by Apr 30; runoff follows the melt.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

• Midgessizes 18 to 22
• Small eggs and worms
• Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Typical for the week over 10 years: 1,120 to 1,330 cfs. Running 839 cfs today, below that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

• Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

Fly shops on this water

• The Fly Shop ReddingWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 9

Nearby waters

• Hat Creek16 mi
• McCloud River36 mi

Every California water