freestone river · trout
South Mayo River
Live conditions for South Mayo River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
24cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.
Water temp—
Stage3.00 ft
Engine callOFF 24 cfs outside wade band 40–140
The water
South Mayo River is a freestone river in Virginia, fished for trout — rainbow, brook, 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
- US 58 Bridge (North Fork South Mayo River), Stuartbridge
- SR 8 (Salem Highway) Bridge, Downtown Stuartbridge
- Georges Mill / Downtown Stuart Restoration Reachwalk in
- Mayo River State Park (VA) – Pratt Road Access, Spencerwalk in
- Hart's River Accesscarry
- Mayodan Accesscarry
- Hemlock Golf Course River Accesscarry
- Hanging Rock Dan River Accesscarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.