Sol Duc River

Type
Freestone river, Washington (West)
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
4 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on the Sol Duc River

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Sol Duc River is a freestone river in Washington.

More about the Sol Duc River

5 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Forks & the Olympic Peninsula.

Updated

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Sol Duc River is a freestone river in Washington. Our destination hub Forks & the Olympic Peninsula is 8 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Sol Duc River 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 Sol Duc River

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

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.

Restrooms near Sol Duc River

Restrooms near Sol Duc River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Sol Duc 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.

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    Photo credit

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    Clallam River

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  • The wide Columbia River running east through its gorge between steep forested walls, seen from Crown PointFreestone riverRepresentative photo · not Calawah River
    Photo credit

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    Calawah River

    Washington · about 11 mi

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    East Twin River

    Washington · about 13 mi

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    Washington · about 14 mi

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Regulations

About this

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

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
68 mi (66.1 in WA)
Drains
225 sq mi
Drop
4,543 ft · 66.8 ft/mi
Flows into
Quillayute River
Watershed
Hoh-Quillayute

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 2026-11-04) 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.

25.2 of 66.1 mi on public land

  • Olympic National ParkNational Park Service · 11 mi
  • Olympic National ForestForest Service · 7.9 mi
  • Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management AreaState Department of Natural Resources · 6 mi
  • Sol DucState Park and Recreation · 0.3 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Stocking records

About this

From the agency’s own records (WDFW-Fish Plants, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), via data.wa.gov, read 2026-11-04), listed as SOL DUC R 20.0096 (Clallam County). Check the agency for this season.

Past stockings, not a schedule

  • 2026: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon in Mar, Apr, Jun (15 stockings, 1,798,337 fish).

  • 2025: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon in Mar, Apr, Jun (15 stockings, 1,522,714 fish).

  • 2024: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon in Mar, Apr, Jun (12 stockings, 1,123,676 fish).

Agency records

Guides and shops near Sol Duc 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.

4 guides name it on their website

Guides

  • Anadromy Fly Fishing

    Forks, WA · 9 mi

    Drift boat · Spey & two-handed · Hoh & Sol Duc

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Blue Heron Guide Service

    Forks, WA · 9 mi

    Float trips · Drift boat · Hoh & Sol Duc

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • All-Ways Fishing

    Forks, WA · 10 mi

    Drift boat · Saltwater & ocean charters · Hoh & Sol Duc

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Angler's Guide Service

    Forks, WA · 10 mi

    Drift boat · Jet boat · Cowlitz & Columbia

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Chrome Chasers Fly Fishing

    Beaver, WA · 7 mi

    Drift boat · Saltwater & ocean charters

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. 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 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

  • Coho salmon5
  • Steelhead5
  • Chinook salmon4
  • Cutthroat trout3
  • Bass1
  • Bull trout1
  • Halibut1
  • Rockfish & lingcod1

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Pacific Northwest
About this chart

1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: no charted hatch
  5. May: 1 charted hatch
  6. June: no charted hatch
  7. July: no 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

Salmonfly (May)

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.

Forks & the Olympic Peninsula

About this

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 · 8 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

About this

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.

An angler wades the Deschutes River and casts, dry canyon slopes behind

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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 Sol Duc River.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 8 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 “Sol Duc River”, halfway along its length in Washington, 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.