Crooked River

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Crooked/Below Bowman Dam

7 30 year

2.36 / 72.90

8 pm

Crooked/near Terrebonne

7 30 year

4.09 / 112

8 pm

CITY

Prineville

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

HATCH

NYMPH/
LARVA

PUPA/
EMERGER

DUN/
ADULT

EGG-
LAYER

Blue-winged olive

October caddis

Spotted caddis

Green caddis

Cranefly

Midge

Scud

Blue-winged olives (size 18-20), midge larvae (size 20-22, red or black), and small scuds (size 12) will take most of the trout in November. Expect hatches of blue-wings between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

For the blue-wings, you can use a Sparkle Dun, Parachute Baetis, Baetis Cripple, or CDC Baetis during hatches, and a gold-ribbed Hares Ear or Pheasant Tail dead-drifted near the bottom when there is no hatch; size 18 or 20 for all these flies. In my experience, the nymphs usually outfish the dries on this river, even when it's so murky you can't see more than a few inches into the water. Even during a hatch, the larger trout may favor a drifting nymph over a dry fly.

If the water is low, a nymph will definitely be the best choice.

Scud imitations are always a good winter choice here, especially when they have an orange or pink tint on the back. Dead drift your size 12-16 patterns near the bottom, or slowly retrieve them in slow water.

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