Flows
• The Housatonic River can be a difficult river to wade in any flow. A wading staff is always recommended along with spiked soles. • The flow chart gives you the release at Falls Village. The river has many small tributaries, and underground springs that will raise the water level the further downriver you go. • For the Lower TMA, add the Falls Village number, and add the flow of the 10 Mile River near Gaylordsville, CT to get an approximate flow.
• 1200 Plus Cfs-wading is extremely difficult, and the water usually is very off color. Look for fish very tight to the banks, fishing isn’t reccommended.
• 1000-1200 Cfs-wading is very difficult to difficult, but if the flow has been steady, the water will have a more fishable color. Look for fish tight to the banks, and in the softer currents that are forming with less water. Closer to 1000 Cfs, look for pockets and seems close to shore where fish will be holding.
• 700-1000 Cfs-wading becomes easier, and the river does hold this amount of water well due to its width. You can find fish anywhere from the banks to the seams, pockets and softer currents in the middle of the river. Ideal Flows.
• 500-700 Cfs- Almost all of the river is wadable. The fish are pushing away from the banks to the deeper holes, but they will return to the banks to feed during hatches. Ideal Flow • 300-500 Cfs- The flow starts to expose a lot more of the river bed, and during warmer times, the temperature begins to warm up. All of the river is wadable, and the fish start to move into the deepest areas to hold. These numbers are usually seen in very late June-August in normal years. Great flows for Smallmouth Bass, Carp and Pike fishing.
• 300 cfs, and below-I haven’t seen the river below 250 cfs until this past summer till now. It was 88 cfs at its lowest in October, and it hasn’t been this low since the early 1900’s. The fish struggled to survive this Summer even moving into the Thermal Refuge Areas. Right now the water temperatures have come down, but the fish are stacked into certain areas of the river.
• The Housatonic River can be a difficult river to wade in any flow. A wading staff is always recommended along with spiked soles. • The flow chart gives you the release at Falls Village. The river has many small tributaries, and underground springs that will raise the water level the further downriver you go. • For the Lower TMA, add the Falls Village number, and add the flow of the 10 Mile River near Gaylordsville, CT to get an approximate flow.
• 1200 Plus Cfs-wading is extremely difficult, and the water usually is very off color. Look for fish very tight to the banks, fishing isn’t reccommended.
• 1000-1200 Cfs-wading is very difficult to difficult, but if the flow has been steady, the water will have a more fishable color. Look for fish tight to the banks, and in the softer currents that are forming with less water. Closer to 1000 Cfs, look for pockets and seems close to shore where fish will be holding.
• 700-1000 Cfs-wading becomes easier, and the river does hold this amount of water well due to its width. You can find fish anywhere from the banks to the seams, pockets and softer currents in the middle of the river. Ideal Flows.
• 500-700 Cfs- Almost all of the river is wadable. The fish are pushing away from the banks to the deeper holes, but they will return to the banks to feed during hatches. Ideal Flow • 300-500 Cfs- The flow starts to expose a lot more of the river bed, and during warmer times, the temperature begins to warm up. All of the river is wadable, and the fish start to move into the deepest areas to hold. These numbers are usually seen in very late June-August in normal years. Great flows for Smallmouth Bass, Carp and Pike fishing.
• 300 cfs, and below-I haven’t seen the river below 250 cfs until this past summer till now. It was 88 cfs at its lowest in October, and it hasn’t been this low since the early 1900’s. The fish struggled to survive this Summer even moving into the Thermal Refuge Areas. Right now the water temperatures have come down, but the fish are stacked into certain areas of the river.
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