Green River

Type
Tailwater, Utah (West)
Designation
Blue Ribbon
USGS gauges
1 live
Dam release
Live, as published
Guides
7 name it
Shops
2 nearby

Today on the Green River

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Green River is a tailwater in Utah, listed as Blue Ribbon by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

More about the Green River

1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 7 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Blue Ribbon Fisheries, USGS Water Data

The wide, smooth Green River flowing between red rock and pine-covered canyon walls below Flaming Gorge Dam
Photo credit

The Green River in Red Canyon below Flaming Gorge Dam, near Dutch John, Utah. Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Where it is

Green River is a tailwater in Utah. The page covers the tailwater below Flaming Gorge Dam, where the gauge is.

Dam releases and flow now
Reading the dam release…

Follow Green River for flow alerts

Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.

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Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.

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.

Green River on the map

About this

Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Green River: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Green River with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Green River

Restrooms near Green River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Green 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 6 restrooms near Green River

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 6 restrooms near Green River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    under 0.1 mi away in a straight line

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    1.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Public (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    1.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Public (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  4. Deer Run Campground

    1.1 mi away in a straight line

    At a campground · United States Forest Service

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  5. Restroom

    1.2 mi away in a straight line
    • Public (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  6. Restroom

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

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

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Step-free?

    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.

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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  • Ennis Lake partly iced over in early spring, with the snow-covered Madison Range across the waterBlue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Flaming Gorge Reservoir
    Photo credit

    Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

    Flaming Gorge Reservoir

    Utah · about 13 mi

    Rainbow, cutthroat & lake trout

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    Photo credit

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    Rainbow & cutthroat trout

  • Aerial view of Eagle Lake beyond the dry bed of Horse LakeFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Crouse Reservoir
    Photo credit

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    Utah · about 18 mi

    Rainbow trout

  • Lake Billy Chinook filling a basalt canyon, with layered rimrock cliffs along the waterFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Browne Lake
    Photo credit

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    Rainbow & brook trout

Sources Utah Walk-in Access propertiesOverture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the USGS gauge GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENDALE, UT.

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: Blue Ribbon

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.

Whole Green River, not only this reach.

Length
738.7 mi (400.1 in UT)
Drains
43,700 sq mi
Drop
3,916 ft · 5.3 ft/mi
Flows into
Colorado River
Watershed
Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Upper Green, Lower Green

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 of the whole Green River. 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.

208.1 of 726.5 mi on public land

  • Canyonlands National ParkNational Park Service · 46.1 mi
  • Dinosaur National MonumentNational Park Service · 45.3 mi
  • Seedskadee National Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · 36 mi · restricted
  • Price Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 16.2 mi
  • Browns Park National Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · 14.6 mi · restricted
  • Bridger National ForestForest Service · 11.5 mi
  • Fontenelle ReservoirBureau of Reclamation · 11 mi
  • Vernal Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 7.1 mi

+20 smaller areas

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Green 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.

7 guides name it on their website

Guides

  • Green River Outfitters

    Dutch John, UT · 2 mi

    Float trips · Multi-day trips · Green & Flaming Gorge

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Old Moe Guide Service

    Dutch John, UT · 2 mi

    Float trips · Drift boat · Green & Flaming Gorge

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Spinner Fall Guide Service

    Dutch John, UT · 2 mi

    Float trips · Drift boat · Green & Flaming Gorge

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Falcons Ledge Fly Fishing Lodge

    Altamont, UT · 64 mi

    Float trips · Lake & stillwater · Green & Lake Fork

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Park City Fly Fishing Company

    Park City, UT · 109 mi

    Float trips · Wade trips · Green & Provo

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Park City Outfitters

    Park City, UT · 109 mi

    Drift boat · Green & Provo

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Park City Fly Fishing Guides

    Park City, UT · 110 mi

    Float trips · Wade trips · Green & Provo

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

2 shops nearby

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

What 3 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 3 nearby guide websites

  • Brown trout2
  • Rainbow trout2
  • Bass1
  • Brook trout1
  • Carp1
  • Chinook salmon1
  • Cutthroat trout1
  • Musky1

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Southwest and Colorado
About this chart

1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

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

Green drake (June to July)

How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

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 Green River.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 13 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 GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENDALE, UT. Water type is our own classification.