freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass · panfish
Dan River
Live conditions for Dan River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
37cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 37 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage1.19 ft
Engine callOFF 37 cfs outside wade band 80–220
The water
Dan River is a freestone river in Virginia, fished for trout, smallmouth bass, panfish — brook, 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.
troutsmallmouth basspanfishbrook 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
- Jessup's Mill Public Fishing Areacarry
- Jessup's Mill River Accesscarry
- Hart's Access (NC 704)carry
- Hart's Access (NC Hwy 704)carry
- Hart's Accessramp
- Hanging Rock State Park Dan River Accesscarry
- Hanging Rock State Park – Dan River Accesscarry
- Moratock Park Accesscarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.