Grande Ronde River

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Grande Ronde/Troy

7 30 year

3.57 / 931

4 pm

CITY

Enterprise

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

La Grande

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

Optimum flows are 800-1200 cfs. The Grande Ronde can blow out during a storm and it can take almost a week to drop back to fishable levels, so watch the river gage.

Muddlers and other traditional patterns, such as Green Butt Skunks, work well here. The best fishing is usually between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Keep an eye on the weather this month. The Grande Ronde is in a deep canyon, and you drop almost 3,000 feet to get to the river. The weather on top could be quite different than on the river. It could be a chilly rain while you're fishing . . . and a raging blizzard on the only road home. In other words, you could be stranded in tiny Troy. Scary thought.

Make sure you have licenses and tags for both Washington and Oregon; good fishing doesn't stop at the border.

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