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Eagle River (Gypsum)

Live conditions for Eagle River (Gypsum): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

117cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -4.9% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp49.8°F

Stage4.12 ft

Engine callGO 120 cfs in the wade band · 51°F

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 09070000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Eagle River (Gypsum) is a freestone river in Colorado, fished for trout, whitefish — 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.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Gypsum Ponds SWA Fishing Accesswalk in
Eagle River Preserve (Town of Gypsum Fisherman & Pedestrian Easement)walk in
Rittenhouse Boat Rampramp
Broken Bridge River Accessramp
BLM Gypsum Recreation Site Boat Rampramp
BLM Community Site (Community Pit) Boat Rampramp
Duck Pond River Accessramp
Dotsero Landing (Eagle River Confluence Take-out)ramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Eagle River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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