Utah · lake
Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir is a large reservoir in the U.S. state of Utah, located on the Strawberry River. It is Utah's most popular fishery, receiving over 1.5 million angling hours annually and is part of the Blue Ribbon Fisheries program. From Wikipedia
Flow now
Strawberry River At Pinnacles Near Fruitland, UT, 21 mi from the lake.
28cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 29 cfs to 36 cfs, around 31 cfs.
Also gauged at Sixth Water Crk Ab Syar Tun Nr Springville, UT: 33 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.0 in of water in the snow at Strawberry Divide and 2 more stations, against a median 0.5 in for the date (0 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 11, peaks Apr 1 and is gone by May 11; 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: 29 to 36 cfs. Running 28 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
- Fly Fish Food OremWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 8
Nearby waters
- Provo River28 mi
Open Strawberry 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.
