freestone river · trout
Piney River
Live conditions for Piney River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
2cfs↘ fallingcaution
Low and skinny at 2 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage1.94 ft
Engine callOFF 2 cfs outside wade band 20–150
The water
Piney River is a freestone river in Virginia, fished for trout — rainbow, brook, brown. 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
- South Fork Piney River Put-in (Alhambra / GW National Forest boundary)carry
- North Fork Piney River – GWNF access (Route 666)walk in
- Perkins Mill Road (VA 827) Bridge near Woodsonbridge
- Alhambra Bridge put-in (Route 56)bridge
- Woodson's Mill Bridge (VA 778, Lowesville)bridge
- Woodson's Mill / VA 827 (Perkins Mill Road) Bridgebridge
- Piney River Trailhead (Blue Ridge Railway Trail, VA 151)walk in
- Piney River Trailhead (VA Blue Ridge Railway Trail, Route 151)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.