North Cottonwood Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming, listed as Designated trout water by Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow; Wyoming Game and Fish Department lists 1 species. 4 guides nearby are listed here.
North Cottonwood Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming. Wyoming has 6 waters named North Cottonwood Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Sublette County, the one the agency list names.
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 North Cottonwood Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of North Cottonwood Creek with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of North Cottonwood 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.
Red RibbonLower Green River Lake below Squaretop Mountain, at the head of the Green River. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Blue RibbonThe New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Forty Rod 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 Forty Rod Creek.
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Duck CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Duck Creek.
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Crow CreekThe Salt River in Star Valley, Wyoming. Photo: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Crow Creek.
Designated trout waterFlat Creek in Wyoming · not this reachFlat Creek in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
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 Yellow streams (WGFD stream classification: Yellow, 50-299 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 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole North Cottonwood Creek, not only this reach.
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 North Cottonwood Creek. 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.
1.5 of 38.7 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.
Pinedale, WY · 31 mi
Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Bighorn & Snake
Nearby
Pinedale, WY · 31 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · Green & New Fork
Nearby
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 North Cottonwood 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: the USGS gauge North Cottonwood Cr bl Halverson Cr, nr Daniel, WY. Water type is our own classification.
Red RibbonLower Green River Lake below Squaretop Mountain, at the head of the Green River. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wyoming · about 23 mi
Rainbow & brown trout
300cfsFlow now · much above normal for the date
Blue RibbonThe New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Forty Rod 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 Forty Rod Creek.
Designated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Duck CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Duck Creek.
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Crow CreekThe Salt River in Star Valley, Wyoming. Photo: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Crow Creek.
Designated trout waterFlat Creek in Wyoming · not this reachFlat Creek in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
