Wood River (Hope Valley)

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

Right now

165cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -4.6% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.66 ft

Engine callGO 170 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 01118000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Wood River (Hope Valley) is a freestone river in Rhode Island, 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

Wood River at Route 165 (Deer Check Station)carry
High Banks Access (Blitzkrieg/Mt. Tom Trail)walk in
The Pines Access (Blitzkrieg/Mt. Tom Trail)walk in
Barberville Dam / WPWA Campuscarry
Hope Valley Fishing Access (James E. Dow Memorial Field)carry
Hope Valley Dam Fishing Accesswalk in
Switch Road Wood River Accesscarry
Woodville Dam Portagewalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Wood 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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