Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Jones Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming, listed as Red Ribbon by Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department lists 1 species.
Jones Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming. Wyoming has 5 waters named Jones Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Park County, the one the agency list names.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Jones 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 Jones 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.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Jones 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.
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.
Designated trout waterYellowstone River in Montana · not this reachThe lower Yellowstone River at the Badlands Fishing Access Site near Terry, eastern Montana (far downstream of the Paradise Valley trout water). Photo: Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Sunlight CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sunlight Creek.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Lamar RiverThe Snake River in Grand Teton National Park. Photo: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lamar River.
Wyoming · about 31 mi
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Crazy CreekThe Gros Ventre River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Crazy Creek.
Blue RibbonRepresentative photo · not North Fork Shoshone RiverFlat Creek in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Shoshone River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Rock CreekThe upper Hoback River valley at Bondurant, Wyoming, in autumn (the river itself is out of frame). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Not Rock Creek.
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 Red Ribbon streams (WGFD stream classification: Red, 300-599 lbs trout/mile) list (Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-05) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole Jones Creek, not only this reach.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
No shop nearby yet.
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii), photographed by James E. Johnson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: James E. Johnson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
5 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Mother's Day caddis (Grannom) (May) · Salmonfly (May to June) · Salmonfly (May to July) · Salmonfly (July) · Trico (August to September)
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
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.
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
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 Jones Creek.
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: a point on the mapped channel of “Jones Creek”, halfway along its length in Wyoming, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 5 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Running well nowYellowstone River in Montana · not this reachThe lower Yellowstone River at the Badlands Fishing Access Site near Terry, eastern Montana (far downstream of the Paradise Valley trout water). Photo: Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Sunlight CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sunlight Creek.
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Lamar RiverThe Snake River in Grand Teton National Park. Photo: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lamar River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Crazy CreekThe Gros Ventre River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Crazy Creek.
Blue RibbonRepresentative photo · not North Fork Shoshone RiverFlat Creek in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Shoshone River.
Wyoming · about 33 mi
Rainbow & cutthroat trout
202cfsFlow now · below normal for the date
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Rock CreekThe upper Hoback River valley at Bondurant, Wyoming, in autumn (the river itself is out of frame). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Not Rock Creek.
