freestone river · trout
North Saluda River
Live conditions for North Saluda River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
4cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 4 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp63.7°F
Stage2.20 ft
Engine callOFF 4 cfs outside wade band 8–45
The water
North Saluda River is a freestone river in South Carolina, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, 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
- Les Mullinax Parkcarry
- River Road Accesscarry
- US 25 Bridge Accessbridge
- Old Settlement Road Bridgebridge
- Highway 11 Bridge Accessbridge
- Old Hunts Bridge Road Accessbridge
- Etowah School Road Stream Accesscarry
- Lake Adger Boat Rampramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.