Fall River

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Big Thompson Bl Moraine Park Nr Estes Park, CO, 4 mi from the river.

5cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 6 cfs to 9 cfs, around 8 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 39°F.

Also gauged at The Loch Outlet - Loch Vale: 1 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.3 in of water in the snow at Willow Park and 2 more stations, against a median 2.1 in for the date (15 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Oct 23, peaks Apr 29 and is gone by Jun 6; 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: 6.2 to 9.0 cfs. Running 5.1 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

• Estes Angler Estes ParkWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 12
• Kirks Flyshop Estes ParkWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 22

Nearby waters

• Big Thompson River19 mi
• St. Vrain Creek25 mi
• Cache la Poudre River26 mi
• South Boulder Creek36 mi
• Boulder Creek36 mi

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