The Hoh River is a freestone river in Washington.
1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 5 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Forks & the Olympic Peninsula.
Hoh River is a freestone river in Washington. Our destination hub Forks & the Olympic Peninsula is 12 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
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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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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Hoh River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Hoh River with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Hoh 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 2 restrooms near Hoh River
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 2 restrooms near Hoh River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
At a campground · Washington State Department of Natural Resources
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.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Bogachiel RiverThe Methow River near Pateros, Washington, at sunset. Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bogachiel River.
Washington · about 8 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Clearwater RiverThe Columbia River Gorge looking east from Crown Point, Oregon. Photo: Hux, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearwater River.
Washington · about 11 mi
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Calawah RiverThe Columbia River in Washington. Photo: Belle Unruh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Calawah River.
Washington · about 12 mi
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Sol Duc RiverWashington · about 18 mi
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Queets RiverThe Necanicum River at Klootchy Creek Park, Clatsop County, Oregon. Photo: Jsayre64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Queets River.
Washington · about 19 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Twin RiverWashington · about 25 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
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.
12.4 of 55.9 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.
4 guides name it on their website
Forks, WA · 12 mi
Drift boat · Saltwater & ocean charters · Hoh & Sol Duc
Names this water
Forks, WA · 12 mi
Drift boat · Jet boat · Cowlitz & Columbia
Names this water
Forks, WA · 16 mi
Drift boat · Spey & two-handed · Hoh & Sol Duc
Names this water
Forks, WA · 17 mi
Float trips · Drift boat · Hoh & Sol Duc
Names this water
No shop nearby yet.
What 5 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 5 nearby guide websites
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Salmonfly (May)
Forks sits on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula between the Calawah, Bogachiel and Sol Duc rivers, which join to form the short Quillayute River above La Push; the Hoh runs to the Pacific to the south, with the Queets and the Quinault beyond it.
Destination hub · 12 mi away in a straight line
A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.
11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon
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.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
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.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Hoh River.
No stories from here yet.
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: the USGS gauge HOH RIVER AT US HIGHWAY 101 NEAR FORKS, WA. Water type is our own classification.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Bogachiel RiverThe Methow River near Pateros, Washington, at sunset. Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bogachiel River.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Clearwater RiverThe Columbia River Gorge looking east from Crown Point, Oregon. Photo: Hux, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearwater River.
Washington · about 11 mi
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Calawah RiverThe Columbia River in Washington. Photo: Belle Unruh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Calawah River.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Sol Duc RiverWashington · about 18 mi
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Queets RiverThe Necanicum River at Klootchy Creek Park, Clatsop County, Oregon. Photo: Jsayre64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Queets River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Twin RiverWashington · about 25 mi
Forks, Washington
River cabins · 4.7 mi
