Middle Fork Willamette River

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Mf Willamette River Blw N Fork, Nr Oakridge, OR., 4 mi from the river.

757cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 1,140 cfs to 2,590 cfs, around 1,740 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 50°F.

Also gauged at Mf Willamette River Abv Salt Crk, Near Oakridge,OR: 430 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Holland Meadows and 2 more stations, against a median 0.1 in for the date (100 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 16, peaks Mar 16 and is gone by May 15; 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: 1,140 to 2,590 cfs. Running 757 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.

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