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Fall River

Type
Spring creek, California (West)
Designation
Wild Trout Water
USGS gauges
None on it; nearest shown
Guides
3 name it
Shops
1 nearby

Today on the Fall River

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Fall River is a spring creek in California, listed as Wild Trout Water by California Department of Fish and Wildlife / California Fish and Game Commission.

More about the Fall River

The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 3 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Redding & the Lower Sacramento.

Updated · Sources: Designated Wild Trout Waters (Fish and Game Commission), USGS Water Data

Calm water backed up behind the low Fall River Dam, with juniper trees along the far bank
Photo credit

The Fall River Dam and the pool behind it at the lower end of the Fall River, near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Astronomy1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

Fall River is a spring creek in California. Our destination hub Redding & the Lower Sacramento lists it among its waters, 57 mi away in a straight line.

Nearest gauge (not on this water)
Reading the gauges…

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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

Fall River on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Fall River: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Fall River with 1 USGS gauge.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Fall River

Restrooms near Fall River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Fall 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.

More water near Fall River

  • Pit River Falls spilling into a green basalt canyon near Fall River MillsWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Ja She Creek
    Photo credit

    Pit River Falls near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ja She Creek.

    Ja She Creek

    California · about 2 mi

  • Lassen Peak reflected in upper Hat Creek, with autumn meadow grass and conifersWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Little Tule River
    Photo credit

    Upper Hat Creek below Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo: NPS / Lassen Volcanic National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Tule River.

    Little Tule River

    California · about 2 mi

  • The McCloud River below Middle Falls, running over boulders in a forested canyonWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Tule River
    Photo credit

    The McCloud River just below Middle Falls. Photo: Sergey Yarmolyuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tule River.

    Tule River

    California · about 2 mi

  • Aerial view of Eagle Lake beyond the dry bed of Horse LakeWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Eastman Lake
    Photo credit

    Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Eastman Lake.

    Eastman Lake

    California · about 3 mi

  • Crowley Lake below a mountain ridge of the Long Valley Caldera, under evening cloudsWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Horr Pond
    Photo credit

    Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Horr Pond.

    Horr Pond

    California · about 3 mi

  • The upper Sacramento River running over boulders through riparian forest at Castle Crags State ParkWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Lava Creek
    Photo credit

    The upper Sacramento River at Castle Crags State Park. Photo: Nathan Jongewaard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lava Creek.

    Lava Creek

    California · about 3 mi

Sources CDFW Fishing Guide mapUSGS NHDPlus High Resolution flowlines (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Fall River”, halfway along its length in California, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach.

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

About this

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

Official designation: Wild 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.

  • Wild Trout Water

    On the Designated Wild Trout Waters (Fish and Game Commission) list (California Department of Fish and Wildlife / California Fish and Game Commission, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation

    • named within the Middle Fork Feather River designation
    • which consists of Ahjumawi Lava Springs, Bear Creek, Big Lake, Eastman Lake, Fall River, Fall River Pond, Fall River Lake, Horr Pond, Ja She Creek, Lava Creek, Spring Creek, Little Tule River, and Tule River

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
24.5 mi
Drains
440 sq mi
Drop
86 ft · 3.5 ft/mi
Flows into
Pit River
Watershed
Lower Pit

Guides and shops near Fall 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.

3 guides name it on their website

Guides

  • Ac Fly Fishing

    Redding, CA · 59 mi

    Wade trips · Spey & two-handed · Sacramento & McCloud

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • MoJoBella Fly Fishing®

    Redding, CA · 59 mi

    Walk-and-wade · Drift boat · Sacramento & McCloud

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • fishKevinBrock

    Chico, CA · 92 mi

    Drift boat · Jet boat · Smith & Sacramento

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

All California guides

1 shop nearby

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

About this

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

Redding & the Lower Sacramento

About this

Redding & the Lower Sacramento lists Fall River among its waters, but the hub's centre is 57 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 · 57 mi away

Plan a trip hereOpen the hub

Gear checklist

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A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands on a boulder at the edge of a fast forest stream and fishes the run

Small mountain streams

7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout

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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

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

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

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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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: a point on the mapped channel of “Fall River”, halfway along its length in California, 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.