tailwater · trout
Cimarron River (below Eagle Nest)
Live conditions for Cimarron River (below Eagle Nest): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
2cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 2 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage0.31 ft
Engine callOFF 2 cfs outside wade band 10–50
The water
Cimarron River (below Eagle Nest) is a tailwater in New Mexico, fished for trout — brown, rainbow. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutbrown troutrainbow trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Tolby Campground / Day Use Area (US-64 bridge, park water begins)walk in
- Horseshoe Mine Day Use Areawalk in
- Perryville Day Use Areawalk in
- Blackjack Tent Camping & Day Use Areawalk in
- Clear Creek / Clear Creek Trailhead areawalk in
- Palisades Day Use / Picnic Areawalk in
- Maverick Campground / Day Use Areawalk in
- Ponderosa Campgroundwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.