Owyhee River

Flow now

Ef Owyhee River At Crutcher Crossing, ID, 24 mi from the river.

17cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 25 cfs to 39 cfs, around 34 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 40°F.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at South Mtn. and 1 more station, against a median 0.1 in for the date (33 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 17, peaks Mar 22 and is gone by May 3; 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: 25 to 39 cfs. Running 17 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

• Idaho Angler BoiseWebsiteFishing report, updated Aug 25