Wyoming Freestone
New Fork River Fishing Report, Flows and Hatches
A high-elevation freestone near Pinedale with cold, clear water and a short June-to-September season. Cutthroat and brown trout, strong stonefly and caddis hatches, and meadow water that rewards a careful dry-fly presentation.
Freestone
Wyoming
7,200 ft
Gauge 09205000
Right now
Live conditions
The hatch chart
New Fork River hatch chart
The emergences that come off the New Fork by month, straight from the Rivus hatch model.
| Hatch | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midge Midge, #18-22 | ||||||||||||
Blue Winged Olive Mayfly, #16-20 | ||||||||||||
Pale Morning Dun Mayfly, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Caddisfly Caddis, #14-18 | ||||||||||||
Golden Stonefly Stonefly, #6-8 | ||||||||||||
Crane Fly Crane Fly, #12-16 | ||||||||||||
Green Drake Mayfly, #8-10 | ||||||||||||
Pale Morning Dun Spinner / Rusty Spinner Mayfly, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Little Yellow Sally Stonefly, #12-14 | ||||||||||||
Grasshopper / Terrestrial Hopper, #10-14 | ||||||||||||
Pale Evening Dun Mayfly, #14-16 | ||||||||||||
Trico Mayfly, #20-22 | ||||||||||||
Flying Ant / Carpenter Ant Ant, #16-20 |
How it fishes
A Wyoming freestone
A freestone river runs free off snowmelt and rain, so it swings hard with the seasons. It blows out and browns up in spring runoff, then drops and warms into summer. The hatches track the water temperature more than the calendar, so you time your trip to the flow and the thermometer.
Flow and gauge
Reading the flows
The New Fork is metered at USGS gauge 09205000. Watch the trend as much as the number: a river that is dropping and clearing fishes very differently from one that is coming up.
Access and regulations
Before you fish
Access and the right to fish are the angler’s responsibility, every time. Public access, private water, and seasonal closures vary along the river, so confirm where you can legally stand and wade before you go. We do not point you to a specific spot.
Read the current rules, license requirements, and any special-regulation water before you go. Regulations change season to season, so check them fresh.
Flow and water temperature from USGS, weather from NWS and NOAA, refreshed hourly. Real-time USGS readings are provisional and subject to revision. The hatch chart and river read are Rivus model output.