Freestone · Basalt · British Columbia, CA

Thompson River

Thompson River - Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - July 1990
Today · A proper day on the water
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Forecast · Today
A proper day on the water
A proper day for it. Work the seams with an upstream nymph, switch to the dry when they show.
75% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Estimate
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp13.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather14°C
WindN 1 km/h
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for Steelhead
Warm — slow
14°C est.ideal 4–13°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Steelhead
When
Closed — no recreational steelhead fishery.
Where
Once the most famous steelhead river on earth — the Thompson's big interior fish rising to a skated dry in the cold November canyon defined a whole school of…
Why this works
Fair — water clarity is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Mayflies
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 21 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Reed Smut

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 90%
Also:Mahogany Dun61%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost8 food groups active

Peak activity at 21 Uhr — Brown Dun (Brown Dun, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 2 as a supporter.

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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Brown DunHatch
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3
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2
Western Green DrakeHatch
2
2
Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2
Mahogany DunHatch
2
2

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

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • The steelhead fishery is closed
  • Interior Fraser steelhead are COSEWIC Endangered
  • Do not fish for them
  • Verify status against current BC notices.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Tunkwa Lake
41 km
Rainbow trout
Coldwater River
55 km
Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Thompson River - Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - July 1990
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Conservation note

Interior Fraser steelhead are Endangered (COSEWIC) and the recreational fishery is closed. This venue exists to inform and honour the river, not to direct anglers to it. We never score a closed, endangered population as a fishing opportunity.

Why this score · for Steelhead
  • Temperature3428% weight
  • Flow6022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5513% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity5612% weight
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout closed → closedClosed
Related guides
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