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Hood Canal

Hood Canal is a fjord-like body of water that lies south of Admiralty Inlet in Washington State that some consider to be the western lobe and one of the five main basins of Puget Sound. It is one of the minor bodies of water that constitute the Salish Sea. From Wikipedia

Flow now

Duckabush River Near Brinnon, WA, 10 mi from the saltwater.

732cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 186 cfs to 952 cfs, around 474 cfs.

Also gauged at Big Quilcene River Below Diversion Nr Quilcene, WA: 114 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Mount Crag and 2 more stations, against a median 0.5 in for the date (21 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 12, peaks Apr 9 and is gone by Jun 5; runoff follows the melt.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

Slow jigs and blade baitsdeep
Small, slow streamers

Typical for the week over 10 years: 186 to 952 cfs. Running 732 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Flows swing a lot this week most years. Carry both a heavy nymph rig and a dry-dropper and let the gauge decide.

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

Gig Harbor Fly Shop Gig HarborWebsite

Nearby waters

Every Washington water

Open Hood Canal 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.