Utah · river
Weber River
The Weber River ( WEE-bər) (Shoshone: Ho-o-pah) is a c. 125-mile (201 km) long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 125 mi
- Basin
- 1,627 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,209 ft
- Flows into
- Great Salt Lake
Flow now
Weber River At Echo, UT, 5 mi from the river.
1cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 1 cfs to 1 cfs, around 1 cfs.
Also gauged at Lost Creek At Devils Slide, Utah: 12 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.0 in of water in the snow at Hardscrabble and 2 more stations, against a median 0.3 in for the date (13 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 10, peaks Mar 27 and is gone by May 4; 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: 0.5 to 1.0 cfs. Running 0.8 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
- Angler's Den RoyWebsiteFishing report, updated Aug 25
- Fishwest KamasWebsiteFishing report, updated Aug 25
- Fly Fish Food OremWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 8
- Trout Bum 2 Park CityWebsiteFishing report, updated Sep 12
- Western Rivers Flyfisher Salt Lake CityWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 1
Nearby waters
- Pineview Reservoir23 mi
- Ogden River26 mi
- Provo River36 mi
- Middle Weber River38 mi
Open Weber 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.
