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Piney River

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

Right now

8cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.
Water temp
Stage2.13 ft
Engine callOFF 8 cfs outside wade band 20–150
Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 02027500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Piney River is a river in Virginia, fished for trout — brook, rainbow, brown. 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.
troutbrook troutrainbow troutbrown trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • South Fork Piney River Put-in (Alhambra / GW National Forest boundary)carry
  • North Fork Piney River – GWNF access (Route 666)walk in
  • Perkins Mill Road (VA 827) Bridge near Woodsonbridge
  • Alhambra Bridge put-in (Route 56)bridge
  • Woodson's Mill Bridge (VA 778, Lowesville)bridge
  • Woodson's Mill / VA 827 (Perkins Mill Road) Bridgebridge
  • Piney River Trailhead (Blue Ridge Railway Trail, VA 151)walk in
  • Piney River Trailhead (VA Blue Ridge Railway Trail, Route 151)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.