From the Bureau of Reclamation:

“As of February 4, 2022, Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation is 6017.75 feet, which amounts to 77 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow volume for the month of January is approximately 33,000 acre-feet (af), which is 82 percent of the average January unregulated inflow volume.

The winter base flow period started on December 1, a +/-25 percent base flow period. Winter average daily releases are planned to meet dry hydrologic condition targets in Reach 2 (900 cfs to 1,100 cfs includes flows from the Yampa River). The daily average release of approximately 850 cfs is planned to be maintained through February.

The February forecast for unregulated inflows into Flaming Gorge for the next three months projects below average conditions. February, March, and April forecasted unregulated inflow volumes amount to 31,000 af (68 percent of average), 77,000 af (73 percent of average), and 95,000 af (76 percent of average), respectively..”

What this means:

Current daytime releases out of Flaming Gorge Reservoir are at 867 CFS. River temperatures are approximately 38.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Current snowpack in the Upper Green River Drainage is sitting at 83 percent of normal. Current snowpack in the Lower Green River Drainage is sitting at 88 percent of normal.

There is some midge and some mayfly activity, but winter on the Green is all about the streamer fishing. With the lower flows I have been using lighter sink tips or you can even get away with a floating line. Black, gray, and ginger have been my go to colors lately. Winter streamer patterns that I like are the peanut envy, gonga, dungeons, and sculpzillas.