South Toe River

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

Right now

47cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -7.1% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage0.76 ft

Engine callGO 53 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 1:30 AM CDT · USGS 03463300. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

South Toe River is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook. 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.

troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutWade only

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

Access

FR 472 Barricade / Upper Creek Bridge (Wild Trout headwaters access)walk in
Black Mountain Campground Bridge (South Toe River Rd/FR 472)bridge
Briar Bottom Group Camp / Mt. Mitchell Trailhead accesswalk in
NC Hwy 80 Bridge near Clear Creek confluencebridge
Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Areawalk in
Celo Clinic Road accesswalk in
Halls Chapel Road (SR 1169) accesswalk in
Yancey County Toe River Campground Public Fishing Area (NCWRC)carry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to South Toe 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:

Midges

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:

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-03463300/ ↗

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