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Wisconsin River
The Wisconsin River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at approximately 430 miles (692 km) long. As a tributary of the Mississippi River, it is part of the Mississippi River System. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 430 mi
- Basin
- 12,280 sq mi
- Flows into
- Mississippi River
Flow now
Wisconsin River At Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 11 mi from the river.
2,190cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 3,160 cfs to 5,330 cfs, around 4,200 cfs.
Also gauged at Tenmile Creek Near Nekoosa, WI: 57 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: 3,160 to 5,330 cfs. Running 2,190 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
- Bill Sherer's We Tie It Fly Shop Boulder JunctionWebsite
Open Wisconsin 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.