Housatonic River (Falls Village)

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

Right now

341cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +1.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.16 ft

Engine callGO 336 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 1:15 AM CDT · USGS 01199000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Housatonic River (Falls Village) is a freestone river below Falls Village Dam (Falls Village Generating Station) in Connecticut, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — brown, rainbow. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

troutsmallmouth bassbrown troutrainbow trout

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

North Canaan State Land Access (former Masonic Lodge)walk in
Dutchers Bridge (US 44) Accessbridge
Great Falls Boat Launch (top of Great Falls)ramp
Falls Village Bridge (Rt 7/126, TMA start)bridge
"Push'em Up" Pull-offwalk in
"Abutments Pool" Pull-offwalk in
"The Elms" Accesswalk in
West Cornwall Covered Bridgebridge

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Housatonic 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 September:

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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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