Crane Prairie Reservoir

Flow now

Sf Mckenzie River Abv Roaring R Nr Cougar Dam, OR, 18 mi from the lake.

70cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

Water temperature at the gauge: 44°F.

Also gauged at M F Tumalo Creek Abv Prowell Springs, Nr Bend, OR: 0 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.2 in of water in the snow at Irish Taylor and 2 more stations, against a median 1.1 in for the date (16 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 5, peaks Apr 20 and is gone by Jun 24; 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

• Confluence Fly Shop BendWebsiteFishing report, updated Mar 17

Nearby waters

• Fall River12 mi
• East Lake30 mi
• Middle Fork Willamette River36 mi
• McKenzie River42 mi
• Suttle Lake44 mi

Every Oregon water