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Hoh River

The Hoh River is a river of the Pacific Northwest, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. About 56 miles (90 km) long, the Hoh River originates at the snout of Hoh Glacier on Mount Olympus and flows westward through the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through foothills in a broad valley, emptying into the Pacific Ocean at the Hoh Indian Reservation. From Wikipedia

Length
57 mi
Basin
299 sq mi
Elevation
0 ft
Rises at
Hoh Glacier
Flows into
Pacific Ocean

Flow now

Hoh River At Us Highway 101 Near Forks, WA, 11 mi from the river.

6,760cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

05,40010,800Oct 12Nov 11

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 2,060 cfs to 5,730 cfs, around 3,590 cfs.

Also gauged at Bogachiel River Near Forks, WA: 3,620 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Buckinghorse and 1 more station, against a median 1.4 in for the date (4 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 9, peaks Apr 17 and is gone by Jun 26; 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: 2,060 to 5,730 cfs. Running 6,760 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.

  • 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

  • Waters West Fly Fishing Outfitters Port AngelesWebsite

Nearby waters

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.