East Fork French Broad River

Live conditions for East Fork French Broad River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

70cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.94 ft

Engine callGO 70 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 03439000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

East Fork French Broad River is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for trout — 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

East Fork Road at Middle Fork Bridge / First East Fork Bridgebridge
East Fork Road Roadside Pull-off (near GPS 35.133958, -82.794207)walk in
East Fork Falls Pull-offwalk in
East Fork Baptist Church Access (upstream DH boundary)walk in
East Fork Road Downstream Pull-offs (toward confluence)walk in
Blantyre River Accesscarry
Island Ford Accesscarry
Penrose River Accesscarry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to East Fork French Broad 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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