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Crooked Bluff Fly Fishing

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Crooked Bluff Fly Fishing is a fishing charter and guide service based in Farley, IA. Fly fishing trips, half-day and full-day.

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Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

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5.0on Google, 1 review
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Around Crooked Bluff Fly Fishing

5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

The water at Crooked Bluff Fly Fishing typically runs highest in June, at a median 356 cfs, and lowest in October, at 104 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 23,900 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at Maquoketa River at Manchester, IA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January10564 to 162
February11573 to 165
March330181 to 568
April302200 to 522
May288188 to 464
June356179 to 622
July211139 to 359
August12391 to 178
September10777 to 177
October10473 to 195
November13287 to 234
December11565 to 178

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 26 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Maquoketa River at Manchester, IA (site 05416900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

75Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 42°F, low 32°FRain 0%Wind 12 kt, gusts 23

Streamflow

850 cfs

Much above normal (95th)

Water level

6.78 ft

Air quality

19 Good

Potosi monitor, 38 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 14 ft. NWS reads 6.17 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →