Ennis Lake

Flow now

Madison River bl Ennis Lake nr McAllister MT, 4 mi from the lake.

1,160cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 1,360 cfs to 1,560 cfs, around 1,450 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 43°F.

Also gauged at Madison River ab powerplant nr McAllister MT: 103 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

1.4 in of water in the snow at Lower Twin and 2 more stations, against a median 2.8 in for the date (50 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Oct 16, peaks May 3 and is gone by Jun 18; 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: 1,360 to 1,560 cfs. Running 1,160 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

• The Tackle Shop EnnisWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 23

Nearby waters

• Gallatin River22 mi
• Madison River23 mi
• Beaverhead River45 mi
• Hebgen Lake49 mi

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