Utah Freestone
Weber River Fishing Report, Flows and Hatches
A scenic mountain freestone near Peoa in the upper Weber valley, holding brown and rainbow trout with excellent Blue-Winged Olive hatches and a strong caddis population. Good fishing spring and fall, with year-round water in the lower sections.
Freestone
Utah
6,640 ft
Gauge 10128500
Right now
Live conditions
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The hatch chart
Weber River hatch chart
The emergences that come off the Weber by month, straight from the Rivus hatch model.
| Hatch | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midge Midge, #18-22 | ||||||||||||
Blue Winged Olive Mayfly, #16-20 | ||||||||||||
Caddisfly Caddis, #14-18 | ||||||||||||
Crane Fly Crane Fly, #12-16 | ||||||||||||
Pale Morning Dun Mayfly, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Green Drake Mayfly, #8-10 | ||||||||||||
Pale Morning Dun Spinner / Rusty Spinner Mayfly, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Little Yellow Sally Stonefly, #12-14 | ||||||||||||
Grasshopper / Terrestrial Hopper, #8-12 | ||||||||||||
Pale Evening Dun Mayfly, #14-16 | ||||||||||||
Flying Ant / Carpenter Ant Ant, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Terrestrial Beetle Beetle, #14-16 |
How it fishes
A Utah freestone
A freestone river runs free off snowmelt and rain, so it swings hard with the seasons. It blows out and browns up in spring runoff, then drops and warms into summer. The hatches track the water temperature more than the calendar, so you time your trip to the flow and the thermometer.
Flow and gauge
Reading the flows
The Weber is metered at USGS gauge 10128500. Watch the trend as much as the number: a river that is dropping and clearing fishes very differently from one that is coming up.
Access and regulations
Before you fish
Access and the right to fish are the angler’s responsibility, every time. Public access, private water, and seasonal closures vary along the river, so confirm where you can legally stand and wade before you go. We do not point you to a specific spot.
Read the current rules, license requirements, and any special-regulation water before you go. Regulations change season to season, so check them fresh.
Flow and water temperature from USGS, weather from NWS and NOAA, refreshed hourly. Real-time USGS readings are provisional and subject to revision. The hatch chart and river read are Rivus model output.