Utah · river
Otter Creek Reservoir
Otter Creek Reservoir is a reservoir (elevation approximately 6,372 ft or 1,940 m) located in southeastern Piute County Utah, United States. From Wikipedia
- Elevation
- 6,378 ft
Flow now
East Fork Sevier River Near Kingston, UT, 9 mi from the river.
18cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 13 cfs to 18 cfs, around 16 cfs.
Also gauged at Sevier River Near Kingston, UT: 154 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.6 in of water in the snow at Jones Corral and 2 more stations, against a median 0.6 in for the date (112 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 5, peaks Apr 18 and is gone by May 18; 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: 13 to 18 cfs. Running 18 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
- The Quiet Fly Fisher LoaWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 6
Nearby waters
- Fremont River41 mi
Open Otter Creek Reservoir 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.
