Tyone River

Type
Freestone river, Alaska (West)
Designation
Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Tyone River

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Tyone River is a freestone river in Alaska, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish.

More about the Tyone River

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish lists 1 species.

Updated · Sources: ADF&G Northern sport fishing regulations, Upper Copper & Upper Susitna: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year), ADF&G Northern sport fishing regulations, Upper Copper & Upper Susitna: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Tyone River is a freestone river in Alaska.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Tyone River or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Tyone River

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Tyone River

Restrooms near Tyone River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Tyone River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

    The Klutina River west of the trans-Alaska pipeline crossing, looking east toward Copper Center (pipeline survey photograph, U.S. National Archives). Photo: Dennis Cowals, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Klutina River

    Alaska · about 63 mi

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  • Aerial view of the broad meander of the Salcha River through forested hillsSteelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Middle Fork Gulkana River
    Photo credit

    The Salcha River at the trans-Alaska pipeline crossing, looking north-east (pipeline survey photograph, U.S. National Archives). Photo: Dennis Cowals, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Middle Fork Gulkana River.

    Middle Fork Gulkana River

    Alaska · about 37 mi

    Lake trout

  • Aerial view of the narrow Tebay River meandering through green wetland and small pondsCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Gulkana River
    Photo credit

    The Tebay River from the air, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska (National Park Service). Photo: National Park Service, Alaska Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Gulkana River.

    Gulkana River

    Alaska · about 40 mi

    Rainbow trout & steelhead

  • A person standing on snow-covered Windfall Lake below spruce forest and snowy peaksSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Fielding Lake
    Photo credit

    Windfall Lake in winter below the Coast Range, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fielding Lake.

    Fielding Lake

    Alaska · about 56 mi

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  • The Little Susitna River blurred white over large granite boulders under a dusky skySpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Prairie Creek
    Photo credit

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    Prairie Creek

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  • Two hikers walking the green upper Peters Creek valley below jagged, snow-streaked Mount RumbleTrophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Susitna River
    Photo credit

    Hikers in the upper Peters Creek valley below Mount Rumble, Chugach State Park, Alaska. Photo: Paxson Woelber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Susitna River.

    Susitna River

    Alaska · about 74 mi

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Special-regulation trout water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Length
62.6 mi (60.8 in AK)
Drains
955 sq mi
Drop
393 ft · 6.3 ft/mi
Flows into
Susitna River
Watershed
Upper Susitna River

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

11.1 of 60.8 mi on public land

  • Nelchina Public Use AreaState Department of Natural Resources · 6.5 mi
  • Glennallen Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 4.7 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Tyone River

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

When the bugs come off

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.

A woman in waders and a sun hat wades a broad river and casts, bluffs on the far bank

Big western rivers (wade fishing)

9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

About this

Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

About this

Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Tyone River.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Tyone River”, halfway along its length in Alaska, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.