Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Matthews Creek is a freestone river in South Carolina, listed as Special-regulation trout water by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations).
1 guide nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Asheville & Western North Carolina.
Matthews Creek is a freestone river in South Carolina. Our destination hub Asheville & Western North Carolina is 34 mi away in a straight line (47 by road).
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Matthews Creek 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 Matthews Creek
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.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Matthews Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Matthews Creek, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Matthews Creek 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 2 restrooms near Matthews Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 2 restrooms near Matthews Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
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.
Catch and releaseThe Middle Saluda River in Jones Gap State Park, Greenville County, South Carolina. Photo: John Foxe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
South Carolina · about 6 mi
Catch and releaseThe Davidson River at Davidson River Campground, Pisgah National Forest. Photo: USDA / Lance Cheung, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
North Carolina · about 12 mi
Delayed HarvestBradley Creek, a stream in the Mills River watershed in Pisgah National Forest, about three miles from the North Mills River (not the North Mills itself). Photo: Will Thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
North Carolina · about 21 mi
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not East Fork French Broad RiverThe French Broad River in Henderson County, North Carolina. Photo: Pollinator (English Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not East Fork French Broad River.
North Carolina · about 6 mi
Delayed HarvestLittle River in Tennessee · not this reachLittle River at Three Forks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
North Carolina · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Tanasee CreekThe Tuckasegee River from Old River Road, Bryson City. Photo: Matthew T. Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tanasee Creek.
North Carolina · about 20 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
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.
On the Trout waters with artificial-lure-only or size-limit rules list (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations), read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
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.
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.
6.1 of 7.6 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No shop nearby yet.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
Asheville sits on the French Broad River in the Blue Ridge, with the Davidson, Mills, Toe, Watauga, Tuckasegee and Nantahala rivers spread through the surrounding mountains.
Destination hub · 34 mi away in a straight line, 47 by road
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.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, 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.
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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.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Matthews Creek.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
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 “Matthews Creek”, halfway along its length in South Carolina, 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.
Catch and releaseThe Middle Saluda River in Jones Gap State Park, Greenville County, South Carolina. Photo: John Foxe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseThe Davidson River at Davidson River Campground, Pisgah National Forest. Photo: USDA / Lance Cheung, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Delayed HarvestBradley Creek, a stream in the Mills River watershed in Pisgah National Forest, about three miles from the North Mills River (not the North Mills itself). Photo: Will Thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
North Carolina · about 21 mi
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not East Fork French Broad RiverThe French Broad River in Henderson County, North Carolina. Photo: Pollinator (English Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not East Fork French Broad River.
North Carolina · about 6 mi
Delayed HarvestLittle River in Tennessee · not this reachLittle River at Three Forks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
North Carolina · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Tanasee CreekThe Tuckasegee River from Old River Road, Bryson City. Photo: Matthew T. Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tanasee Creek.
North Carolina · about 20 mi
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
River cabins · 13 mi
