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Lehigh River
The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 103 mi
- Basin
- 1,345 sq mi
- Flows into
- Delaware River
Flow now
Lehigh River at Lehighton, PA, 9 mi from the river.
409cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 388 cfs to 1,220 cfs, around 655 cfs.
Also gauged at Pohopoco Cr bl Beltzville Dam nr Parryville, PA: 49 cfs, Nov 12.
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: 388 to 1,220 cfs. Running 409 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.
- 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
- A&G Outfitters Dickson CityWebsite
Nearby waters
- Lackawanna River37 mi
- Tulpehocken Creek44 mi
- Lackawaxen River47 mi
- Lake Erie49 mi
Open Lehigh 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.