135 rivers nationwide, with live flow conditions for fishing.
Good fishing has less to do with raw cfs and more to do with clarity, temperature, and how quickly a river is rising or falling. A river running high and muddy after a storm can fish worse at 2,000 cfs than the same river fishes at 500 cfs on a clear, stable day. The rivers below are tagged for fishing, each with a live gauge reading and status badge so you can spot stable, wadeable conditions before you load the truck.
A handful of standout fishing rivers to check first.
Fort Smith
Bottom-release tailwater below Yellowtail Dam that stays cold and productive through peak summer heat.
ARCotter
One of the country's most consistent tailwater trout fisheries, cold year-round below Bull Shoals Dam.
IDLast Chance
Spring-fed dry fly water through Box Canyon and the Ranch, prized for its technical hatches.
TNElizabethton
Clear, cold tailwater below Wilbur Dam that holds up through Appalachian summer heat.
COSilverthorne
Bottom-release tailwater below Dillon Reservoir, running cold and clear through Silverthorne year-round.
NMQuality Waters
Bottom-release tailwater below Navajo Dam, one of the most consistent year-round trout fisheries in the Southwest.
UTMiddle Provo
Technical bottom-release tailwater through the Middle Provo, cold and clear below Jordanelle and Deer Creek.
GABlue Ridge
Bottom-release tailwater below Lake Blue Ridge, cold mountain water that fishes well through Georgia summers.
Real-time CFS, gauge height, and water temperature for every river below.
Fortuna
Oroville
Three Rivers
Pine Flat
Happy Camp
El Portal
Giant Gap Canyon
Guerneville
Durango
Silverthorne
Fort Collins
Glenwood Canyon
Dolores Canyon
Minturn
Basalt
Almont
Ketchum
Bruneau Canyon
Orofino
Last Chance
Boundary Creek
Stanley
Magruder Corridor
Hells Canyon
Fort Smith
Hamilton
Bonner
Missoula
Columbia Falls
Big Sky
Three Dollar Bridge
Craig
Olympic Peninsula
Kalama
Twisp
Darrington
Marblemount
Index
Arlington
Leavenworth