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New Fork River (Big Piney)

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

Right now

339cfs→ lowfishable

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

Water temp—

Stage2.64 ft

Engine callGO 339 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 09205000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

New Fork River (Big Piney) is a freestone river in Wyoming, fished for trout, whitefish — brown, rainbow, cutthroat, brook. 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

New Fork River - Mesa Bridge PAAwalk in
New Fork River - Airport PAAwalk in
New Fork River - Boulder Bridge PAAramp
New Fork River - East Fork Confluence PAAramp
New Fork River - Remmick PAAramp
New Fork River - Historical Park PAAwalk in
New Fork River - Gas Wells Accessramp
New Fork River - Olsen Bridge Accessbridge

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to New Fork 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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