Freestone · Sand Gravel · Michigan, US

White River

White River terrain map
Today · Not the day for it
Hopper
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Hopper
Hopper
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.29 m
Lifting fast
Water temp18.5°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather24°C
WindN 13 km/h
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead4.1 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Steelhead
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 4–13°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Steelhead
When
Salmon Sep–Oct; steelhead late Oct–Apr
Where
A quieter, smaller-water alternative to the famous rivers nearby — the White gets a solid steelhead run and a fall push of salmon without the crowds, and…
Why this works
Poor — water clarity is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Mayflies
Caddisflies
terrestrials
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12pm

12pm(now) — Grasshopper (Eastern)

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 63%
Also:Reed Smut29%Trico (Eastern)27%
Peak emergence windowWeather boostEmergence building5 food groups active

Peak activity at 12pm — Grasshopper (Eastern) (Grasshopper (Eastern), Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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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F
M
A
M
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A
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Brown DunHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Quill GordonHatch
2
2
Blue QuillHatch
2
3
2
HendricksonHatch
2
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.
  • Michigan licence; verify MI DNR reach rules
  • Introduced, harvestable sport fishery.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Betsie River
133 km
18
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Pere Marquette River
60 km
12
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Muskegon River
51 km
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Grand River
71 km
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Big Manistee River
97 km
Steelhead · Chinook salmon · Coho salmon
Why this score · for Steelhead
  • Temperature1328% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time8013% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity6512% weight
Related guides
Euro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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