French Broad (Asheville)

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

Right now

537cfs→ lowfishable

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

Water temp69.8°F

Stage0.86 ft

Clarityslight stain 9.1 FNU

Engine callGO 537 cfs in the wade band · 70°F

Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 03451500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

French Broad (Asheville) is a warmwater river in North Carolina, fished for musky, smallmouth bass, catfish. 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.

muskysmallmouth basscatfishRaft

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

Access

Westfeldt Parkramp
Glen Bridge River Parkcarry
Corcoran Paige River Parkcarry
Bent Creek River Parkramp
Hominy Creek River Parkcarry
French Broad River Parkwalk in
Amboy Riverfront Parkwalk in
Jean Webb Parkcarry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to French Broad.

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:

TerrestrialWhite miller caddis

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:

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-03451500/ ↗

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