Nevada · river
East Fork Walker River
The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately 62 miles (100 km) long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada of California, it drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno and flows into the endorheic basin of Walker Lake. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 50 mi
- Basin
- 3,134 sq mi
- Rises at
- West Walker River
- Flows into
- Walker Lake
Flow now
E Walker Rv At Morgan Bridge Nr Wichman Cyn, NV, 4 mi from the river.
31cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
Also gauged at E Walker Rv At Ivy Ranch Brg Nr Mason, NV: 35 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.7 in of water in the snow at Lobdell Lake and 2 more stations, against a median 0.3 in for the date (280 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 21, peaks Apr 4 and is gone by May 13; 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
Not enough daily record at this gauge to say what the week usually runs. 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
- Reno Fly Shop RenoWebsiteFishing report, updated Aug 25
Open East Fork Walker River in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.
Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.
