freestone river · trout
South Branch Ashuelot River
Live conditions for South Branch Ashuelot River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
171cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp57.9°F
Stage5.73 ft
Engine callGO 167 cfs in the wade band · 58°F
The water
South Branch Ashuelot River is a freestone river in New Hampshire, fished for trout — 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
- Route 12 highway crossing (upper), Troybridge
- Marlborough Road Bridge, Troy (fly-fishing-only upstream boundary)bridge
- NH Route 12 put-in, Troy (Troy to Webb paddling run)walk in
- Route 12 second highway crossing culvert, Marlboroughbridge
- Bridge Street / Route 12 crossing, Marlborough villagebridge
- Take-out near Webb (Route 12), Marlborough/Swanzey linewalk in
- South Branch Road bridge, Swanzeybridge
- Carleton (Carlton) Covered Bridge, East Swanzeybridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.