Eagle River

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Eagle River Below Milk Creek Near Wolcott, CO, 6 mi from the river.

76cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 94 cfs to 112 cfs, around 104 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 37°F.

Also gauged at Lake Creek Near Edwards, CO: 12 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.2 in of water in the snow at Mccoy Park and 2 more stations, against a median 1.4 in for the date (14 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 4, peaks Apr 7 and is gone by May 15; 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: 94 to 112 cfs. Running 76 cfs today, inside 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

• Cutthroat Anglers SilverthorneWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 19
• Gore Creek Fly Fisherman AvonWebsite
• Minturn Anglers MinturnWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 1
• Vail Valley Anglers EdwardsWebsiteFishing report, updated Aug 25

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