Skykomish River

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Skykomish River Near Gold Bar, WA, 6 mi from the river.

2,440cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 2,360 cfs to 6,730 cfs, around 4,160 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 47°F.

Also gauged at Sultan River Below Powerplant Near Sultan, WA: 359 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Alpine Meadows and 2 more stations, against a median 0.3 in for the date (38 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 13, peaks Apr 19 and is gone by Jun 28; 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: 2,360 to 6,730 cfs. Running 2,440 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

• The Avid Angler Lake Forest ParkWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 6

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• Snoqualmie River15 mi
• Lake Sammamish22 mi
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