Freestone · Mixed · Wyoming

Green River

Big Green River terrain map
Terrain map

The upper Green above Warren Bridge is high, open, sagebrush-flat freestone water with the Wind River Range standing off to the east, and it's a long way from the famous tailwater Green down in Utah.

Species

Closed season

Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.

Closed — confidence not applicable today.
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
13°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity6412% weight
Conditions
Level
0.85 m
Water temp
12.8°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
20°C
Wind
W 25 km/h
Moderate breeze
Pressure
1013 hPa
Rain · 24h
0.0 mm
No rain
Rain · ahead
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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Trout seasonSeason
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Western Green DrakeHatch
2
2
Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Wyoming licence
  • Flies-and-lures-only from Warren Bridge to Wood's Bridge; good BLM wade access — check Wyoming Game & Fish.
Directions
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About this water

The upper Green above Warren Bridge is high, open, sagebrush-flat freestone water with the Wind River Range standing off to the east, and it's a long way from the famous tailwater Green down in Utah. Browns, rainbows, and mountain whitefish hold in the riffles and runs, and there's good BLM wade access through the Warren Bridge stretch where it's flies-and-lures-only. It runs high and off-color in June snowmelt, then settles into wadeable summer flows. Big, quiet country and willing fish — the kind of place you fish slow because there's no reason to hurry.

  • Mixed
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 April → 31 March