Tailwater · Mixed · New York

Oak Orchard Creek

Oak Orchard Creek venue image
Poor · Steelhead
Egg pattern · 12–16
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River dropping into shape after a lift. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • Level2.58 mDropping after lift
  • Water temp22.0°C
  • ClarityUnfishableColouring up
Today's fly
Egg pattern
Egg pattern12–16
A dependable searching pattern for these waters.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Falling
2.58 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp22.0°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather21°C
WindNW 28 km/h
Pressure1006 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for Steelhead
Warm — slow
22.0°Cideal 4–13°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Steelhead
When
Salmon Sep–Oct; steelhead Oct–Apr
Where
A western New York tributary with a heavy stocked run of salmon and steelhead concentrated below the Waterport dam — short, productive, often crowded water…
Why this works
Very poor — river flow is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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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SulphurHatch
2
3
2
Trico (Eastern)Hatch
2
3
3
2
Eastern Blue-Winged OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Eastern Summer BWO (Drunella)Hatch
2
3
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Steelhead fly box
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 · 4
Genesee River
55 km
0
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Lower Niagara River
67 km
Steelhead · Brown trout · Chinook salmon
Oswego River
140 km
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Salmon River
174 km
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Supporting
What this classification means

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Oak Orchard Cr, Lower, and minor tribs' (NY0301-0004), 2022 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Fully Supporting. 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) · NY0301-0004

Why this score · for Steelhead
  • Temperature028% weight
  • Flow9522% weight
  • Clarity018% weight
  • Feeding Time4013% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity5112% weight
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