Presumpscot River

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Presumpscot River near West Falmouth, Maine, 4 mi from the river.

324cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 6 years of record: 774 cfs to 1,150 cfs, around 925 cfs.

Also gauged at Royal River at Yarmouth, Maine: 49 cfs, Nov 12.

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 6 years: 774 to 1,150 cfs. Running 324 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 Tackle Shop FalmouthWebsite

Nearby waters

• Piscataqua River7 mi
• Casco Bay23 mi
• York River41 mi

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