Freestone · Shale · New York

Eighteenmile Creek

Eighteenmile Creek terrain map
Poor · Steelhead
Egg pattern · 12–16
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River high but settled. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Cattaraugus Creek
  • Water temp28.7°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Egg pattern
Egg pattern12–16
A dependable searching pattern for these waters.
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Falling
Proxy
via Cattaraugus Creek
Water temp28.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather21°C
WindSW 29 km/h
Pressure1005 hPa
Rain · recent1.1 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Cattaraugus Creek. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Steelhead
Welfare risk
29°C est.ideal 4–13°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Steelhead
When
Steelhead Oct–Apr, on the drop
Where
A small southtowns Buffalo steelhead creek that fishes hard on every drop through the cold months — shale-bottom, flashy, and accessible, a local favourite…
Why this works
Very poor — river flow is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Evidence
ModelledModerate confidence

Modelled from regional ecology — no survey or occurrence data for this water yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Quill GordonHatch
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Blue QuillHatch
2
3
2
HendricksonHatch
2
2
Eastern March BrownHatch
2
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Steelhead fly box
Local fly shops: Chagrin River Outfitters·East End Angler·Elk Creek Sports Shop
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • New York licence; verify NY DEC reach rules
  • Introduced, harvestable sport fishery.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Cattaraugus Creek
28 km
Steelhead
Lower Niagara River (ON)
52 km
Steelhead · Lake trout · Brown trout
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Not assessed
What this classification means

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Eighteenmile Creek, Lower, minor tribs' (NY0104-0030), 2022 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Insufficient Information. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.

Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.

EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · NY0104-0030

Why this score · for Steelhead
  • Temperature028% weight
  • Flow9522% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time6013% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity4212% weight
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