Metolius River

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Metolius River Near Grandview, OR, 3 mi from the river.

1,190cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 1,270 cfs to 1,390 cfs, around 1,320 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 44°F.

Also gauged at Shitike Crk At Peters Pasture, Nr Warm Springs, OR: 31 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Marion Forks and 2 more stations, against a median 0.0 in for the date.

The snowpack here usually builds from Dec 4, peaks Mar 2 and is gone by Apr 25; 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: 1,270 to 1,390 cfs. Running 1,190 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

• Camp Sherman Store & Fly Shop Camp ShermanWebsite
• The Fly Fisher's Place SistersWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 11

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• Deschutes River15 mi
• Suttle Lake19 mi
• Crooked River43 mi
• Clackamas River47 mi

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