Salmon River, Upper

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Lemhi near Lemhi

7 30 year

4.02 / 265

12 am

MF Salmon at MF Lodge

7 30 year

1.64 / 595

12 am

MF Salmon at Shoup

7 30 year

31.26 / 1120

12 am

SF Salmon near Kressel

7 30 year

1.90 / 158

12 am

Salmon near Clayton

7 30 year

2.27 / 504

12 am

Salmon at Salmon

7 30 year

2.28 / 1310

12 am

CITY

Salmon

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

HATCH

NYMPH/
LARVA

PUPA/
EMERGER

DUN/
ADULT

EGG-
LAYER

Blue-winged olive

Green caddis

Golden stonefly

Salmonfly

Cranefly

Midge

Sculpin

Baitfish

Nymphs and Woolly Buggers work well here in the winter. It's not a hatch-oriented river, but there are occasional winter midge hatches that catch the attention of trout and anglers should be prepared with the appropriate imitations.

Steelhead should be available, but they will be increasingly tough to catch as the water turns frigid. Sink-tip lines with an Egg Sucking Leech, or indicator tactics might help.

For more on November tactics and flies, see the Rivers in General report.