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North Fork Big Wood River
Live conditions for North Fork Big Wood River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
21cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 21 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage4.93 ft
Engine callOFF 21 cfs outside wade band 40–250
The water
North Fork Big Wood River is a freestone river in Idaho, fished for trout — rainbow, 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
- North Fork Big Wood River – Confluence / SNRA Headquarters Areawalk in
- Billy's Bridgebridge
- North Fork Campground Bank Accesswalk in
- North Fork Road Dispersed Access (FR-146 corridor)walk in
- North Fork Wood River Trailheadwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.