tailwater · trout · salmon

South Platte (Dream Stream)

Live conditions for South Platte (Dream Stream): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

64cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +2.1% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp61.5°F

Engine callGO 64 cfs in the wade band · 65°F

Gauge read 1:30 AM CDT · CDSS PLAHARCO. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

South Platte (Dream Stream) is a tailwater in Denver, fished for trout, salmon — rainbow, brown, cutthroat, cutbow. 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.

troutsalmonrainbow troutbrown troutcutthroat troutcutbow troutWade only

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

Access

Spinney Mountain State Park – Dam/Outlet Accesswalk in
Spinney Mountain Access Road Lot (Upper)walk in
Spinney Mountain Access Road Lot (Lower)walk in
County Road 59 / Thirtynine Mile Road Bridgebridge
Eleven Mile State Park – Inlet Accesswalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to South Platte.

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:

Blue-winged olive (BWO)MidgesTricosSowbug scud

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:

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