Utah · river
Fremont River
The Fremont River is a 95-mile (153 km) long river in southeastern Utah, United States that flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near Hanksville where the two rivers combine to form the Dirty Devil River, a tributary of the Colorado River. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 95 mi
- Basin
- 751 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,265 ft
- Rises at
- Johnson Valley Reservoir
- Flows into
- Dirty Devil River
Flow now
Fremont R At Hwy 24 Ab Sandy C Nr Caineville, UT, 10 mi from the river.
35cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
Also gauged at Fremont River Near Bicknell, UT: 62 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
2.0 in of water in the snow at Donkey Reservoir and 2 more stations, against a median 0.7 in for the date (290 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 3, peaks Apr 9 and is gone by May 3; 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
Not enough daily record at this gauge to say what the week usually runs. 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
- The Quiet Fly Fisher LoaWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 6
Nearby waters
Open Fremont 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.
