Boardman River

Flow now

Boardman R Above Brown Bridge Road Nr Mayfield, MI, 5 mi from the river.

103cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 95 cfs to 144 cfs, around 117 cfs.

Also gauged at Manistee River Near Sherman, MI: 1,000 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 10 years: 95 to 144 cfs. Running 103 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

• Streamside Orvis Traverse CityWebsite
• The Northern Angler Traverse CityWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 23

Nearby waters

• Manistee River12 mi

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