Waters · United States
Green River (Flaming Gorge) fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The seven miles of A Section below Flaming Gorge Dam are gin-clear and famously stacked — from the cliff trail you can count the trout you are about to cast to.
Today's report: excellent (85/100)
Brown Trout is the most promising species on Green River (Flaming Gorge) today. Water temperature at the gauge is 10.7°C (51°F) and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENDALE, UT shows the water level rising (0 cm/24h).
Green River (Flaming Gorge) water temperature and flow
- Water temperature: 10.7°C (51°F)
- Discharge: 53.2 m³/s (1,879 cfs) — up 1% over 24 hours
- Level trend: rising (0 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENDALE, UT · reading 66 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 00:00–02:00 local time — score 85/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 87/100
- 12:00–14:00 local time — score 82/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct | Sunday 11 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 75 — good | 83 — excellent | 82 — excellent |
| Brown Trout | 85 — excellent | 87 — excellent | 90 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Green River (Flaming Gorge) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+0.9)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:36:25 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENDALE, UT · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- Trout stream tactics, read through the forecast
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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