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Colorado River
The Colorado River is an approximately 862-mile-long (1,387 km) river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 11th longest river in the United States and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 862 mi
- Basin
- 39,900 sq mi
- Flows into
- Gulf of Mexico
Flow now
Colorado Rv at Austin, TX, 1 mi from the river.
1,670cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 106 cfs to 339 cfs, around 139 cfs.
Also gauged at Walnut Ck at Webberville Rd, Austin, TX: 2 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: 106 to 339 cfs. Running 1,670 cfs today, above 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
Nearby waters
- San Gabriel River37 mi
- San Marcos River39 mi
- Canyon Lake42 mi
- Comal River47 mi
Open Colorado 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.