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East Walker River

Type
Tailwater, California (West)
USGS gauges
1 live
Guides
2 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on the East Walker River

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The East Walker River is a tailwater in California.

More about the East Walker River

1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 2 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Bishop & the Eastern Sierra.

Updated · Sources: USGS Water Data

The East Walker River curving through green meadow grass at Bridgeport, with mountains behind
Photo credit

The East Walker River in Bridgeport, California. Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

East Walker River is a tailwater in California. Our destination hub Bishop & the Eastern Sierra lists it among its waters, 75 mi away in a straight line.

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Where to fish

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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.

CDFW Fishing Guide map

East Walker River on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of East Walker River: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of East Walker River with 1 USGS gauge.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near East Walker River

Restrooms near East Walker River

Restrooms within 2 miles of East Walker 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.

Map of the restroom near East Walker River

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 1 restroom near East Walker River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

  1. Restroom

    1.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Vault or pit toilet (mapped)
    • Public (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

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Sources CDFW Fishing Guide mapOverture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the USGS gauge E WALKER RV NR BRIDGEPORT, CA.

The map shows USGS gauges (tap one for its flow reading), and shops and guides within 40 miles that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations

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

What the agency says about seasons (1 quote)

Quoted word for word from the agency page on the date shown. Many quotes name the reach they cover and apply only to that part of the water. Rules change; the linked page is the authority.

  • “The catch-and-release fisheries of the Upper Owens River above the Benton Bridge to Big Springs, the East Walker River below Bridgeport Reservoir, and Hot Creek, remain open year-round.”

    USDA Forest Service · read 2026-10-14

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
90.8 mi (20.9 in CA)
Drains
1,230 sq mi
Drop
2,098 ft · 23.1 ft/mi
Flows into
Walker River
Watershed
East Walker, Walker

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.

18.6 of 84.3 mi on public land

  • Toiyabe National ForestForest Service · 8.2 mi
  • East Walker River Wildlife AreaState Fish and Wildlife · 5.4 mi
  • Sierra Front Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 3.8 mi
  • Bishop Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 1.3 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Stocking records

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From the agency’s own records (Fish Planting Schedule, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), read 2026-11-04), listed as East Walker River (Mono County). Check the agency for this season.

Past stockings, not a schedule

  • 2026: Trout in Jul (1 stocking).

Agency records

Guides and shops near East Walker River

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

2 guides name it on their website

Guides

  • Wild Fly Anglers

    Mammoth Lakes, CA · 49 mi

    Float trips · Walk-and-wade · East Walker & Owens

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Bishop Flyfishing Guide Service

    Bishop, CA · 67 mi

    Wade trips · Euro nymphing · Owens & Hot

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

All California guides

Shops nearby

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All California shops

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

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The hatch and season chart for this water's region.

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: California
About this chart

12 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From California Fly Fisher (secondary sources: an angling organisation or magazine, not an agency).

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: 1 charted hatch
  5. May: 7 charted hatches
  6. June: 11 charted hatches
  7. July: 10 charted hatches
  8. August: 7 charted hatches
  9. September: 5 charted hatches
  10. October: 3 charted hatches
  11. November: 1 charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

American grannom (April to September) · Golden stonefly (May to July) · Green drake (May to July) · Pale morning dun (May to August) · Saddle-case caddis (May to September) · Salmonfly (May to June) · and 6 more on the chart

Bishop & the Eastern Sierra

About this

Bishop & the Eastern Sierra lists East Walker River among its waters, but the hub's centre is 75 miles away in a straight line, so 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.

Lists this water · 75 mi away

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Gear checklist

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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

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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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

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Watch: nymphing basics

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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

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Sources for this page

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All 12 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: the USGS gauge E WALKER RV NR BRIDGEPORT, CA. Water type is our own classification.