River high but settled. Fish are looking up — bigger flies, confident takes.
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Trends shown where the gauge supports them
Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.
How to fish · for brown trout
When · where · method · kit
Hatches & runs
Twelve months at a glance
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Today's fly · curated pack
6 patterns from this venue's curated pack
Detail · next 12h
The two readings most likely to move the verdict
Evidence
6 factors, signed
Jefferson River · about
Background · character · contributors
The Jefferson is born where the Beaverhead, Ruby, and Big Hole all come together, and it grows into a big, slow, brushy valley river that hides some genuinely large brown trout under its banks. It's a spring-and-fall proposition. Come summer it draws down, warms up, and goes under hoot-owl restrictions as quick as anything in the region — so fish the cool mornings and the shoulders of the year, and leave the hot afternoons to somebody who hasn't read the gauge.
Jefferson River · directions
Jefferson River · zones
Seasons · zones · per-species rules
Jefferson River · permits
The Jefferson is born where the Beaverhead, Ruby, and Big Hole all come together, and it grows into a big, slow, brushy valley river that hides some genuinely large brown trout under its banks.
River high but settled. Fish are looking up — bigger flies, confident takes.
Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
The Jefferson is born where the Beaverhead, Ruby, and Big Hole all come together, and it grows into a big, slow, brushy valley river that hides some genuinely large brown trout under its banks. It's a spring-and-fall proposition. Come summer it draws down, warms up, and goes under hoot-owl restrictions as quick as anything in the region — so fish the cool mornings and the shoulders of the year, and leave the hot afternoons to somebody who hasn't read the gauge.