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Hood River
The Hood River, formerly known as Dog River, is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon, United States. Approximately 25 miles (40 km) long from its mouth to its farthest headwaters on the East Fork, the river descends from wilderness areas in the Cascade Range on Mount Hood and flows through the agricultural Hood River Valley to join the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 25 mi
- Basin
- 279 sq mi
- Rises at
- Hood River County
- Flows into
- Columbia River
Flow now
Hood River At Tucker Bridge, Near Hood River, OR, 0 mi from the river.
323cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 442 cfs to 987 cfs, around 633 cfs.
Water temperature at the gauge: 48°F.
Also gauged at White Salmon River Near Underwood, WA: 490 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.4 in of water in the snow at Greenpoint and 2 more stations, against a median 0.4 in for the date (100 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 20, peaks Mar 10 and is gone by May 3; 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: 442 to 987 cfs. Running 323 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.
- Flows swing a lot this week most years. Carry both a heavy nymph rig and a dry-dropper and let the gauge decide.
- 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
- Gorge Fly Shop Hood RiverWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 3
Nearby waters
- Sandy River25 mi
- Clackamas River45 mi
Open Hood 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.