Owyhee River, Lower

GAGE LOCATION

DAY/YEAR
GRAPHS

CURRENT
STAGE/FLOW

WHAT TIME

Owyhee/Rome

7 30 year

1.54 / 148

1 am

Owyhee/ bl Owyhee Dam

7 30 year

1.17 / 31

1 am

CITY

Ontario

NOAA

Accuweather

TWC

HATCH

NYMPH/
LARVA

PUPA/
EMERGER

DUN/
ADULT

EGG-
LAYER

Blue-winged olive

Midge

Scud

Sculpin

Leech

Crayfish

Baitfish

Fall fishing can be good on this far eastern gem, especially after the river drops following the end of the irrigation season. But get here early, before the river starts to ice up. Your best action will probably come with Woolly Buggers and other streamer patterns fished with a slow-sinking line. Work the slackwater portions of the pools, but keep an eye out for feeding fish near the heads of the pools. You might find a mahogany dun hatch in the margins. Be prepared with midge patterns, as well as blue-winged olive imitations.

Brown trout will spawning this month; be careful not to tread on a redd.

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