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Rock Castle Creek

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

Right now

6cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.
Water temp
Stage1.88 ft
Engine callOFF 6 cfs outside wade band 20–100
Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 02053730. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Rock Castle Creek is a freestone 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.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Rocky Knob Campground / Rock Castle Gorge Trailhead (upper)walk in
  • Rocky Knob Campground / Rock Castle Gorge Trailheadwalk in
  • Saddle Overlook Trailheadwalk in
  • The Saddle Overlook Trailheadwalk in
  • Rock Castle Gorge Overlookwalk in
  • CC Camp Lane (SR 605) / Rock Castle Gorge Backcountry Camp Accesswalk in
  • Twelve O'Clock Knob Overlookwalk in
  • Route 8 Bridge Access (north of Woolwine)bridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.