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Big Wood River (Hailey)

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

Right now

124cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · +0.8% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp
Stage1.49 ft
Gauge read 12:45 AM CDT · USGS 13139510. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Big Wood River (Hailey) is a freestone river in Idaho, fished for trout, whitefish — brown, rainbow, brook. 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.
troutwhitefishbrown troutrainbow troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Hulen Meadows Bridgebridge
  • Adams Gulch Road Accesswalk in
  • Ketchum Rotary Parkwalk in
  • Hemingway/Northwood Natural Areawalk in
  • Gimlet / East Fork Road Bridgebridge
  • Draper Wood River Preservewalk in
  • Hop Porter Parkwalk in
  • Lions Parkwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.