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Williamson River

The Williamson River of south-central Oregon in the United States is about 100 miles (160 km) long. It drains about 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2) east of the Cascade Range. From Wikipedia

Length
100 mi
Basin
3,000 sq mi
Flows into
Link River

Flow now

Williamson River Near Klamath Agency, OR, 5 mi from the river.

0cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

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The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 0 cfs to 0 cfs, around 0 cfs.

Also gauged at Sprague River Near Chiloquin, OR: 212 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Sun Pass and 2 more stations, against a median 0.3 in for the date (25 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 29, peaks Mar 22 and is gone by May 5; 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: 0.0 to 0.0 cfs. Running 0.0 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

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.