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Truckee River (Reno)

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

Right now

286cfs→ lowfishable

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

Water temp55.8°F

Stage4.12 ft

Clarityclear 1.6 FNU

Engine callGO 286 cfs in the wade band · 56°F

Gauge read 8:05 AM CDT · USGS 10348000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Truckee River (Reno) is a freestone river in Nevada, fished for trout, whitefish — rainbow, brown, cutthroat. 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

Truckee River at Quilici Ranch Road (Verdi)walk in
Crystal Peak Park (Verdi)walk in
Verdi NDOW Access (Quilici Ranch Rd footbridge)walk in
Crystal Peak Park – Bridge Street river crossing (Verdi)bridge
Crystal Peak Park – riverside trail access Awalk in
Crystal Peak Park – Fishermans Trail accesswalk in
Dorostkar Parkwalk in
Idlewild / Crissie Caughlin Parkwalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Truckee 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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