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Rush River

The Rush River is a 49.8-mile-long (80.1 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin in the United States. It rises just north of Interstate 94 in St. Croix County near Baldwin and flows generally southwardly through Pierce County. From Wikipedia

Flow now

Eau Galle River At Spring Valley, WI, 8 mi from the river.

15cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 19 cfs to 29 cfs, around 25 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 48°F.

Also gauged at Mississippi River At Red Wing, MN: 22,700 cfs, Nov 12.

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: 19 to 29 cfs. Running 15 cfs today, below 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

Lund's Fly Shop River FallsWebsite

Open Rush 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.