Nowood River

Type
Freestone river, Wyoming (West)
Designation
Red Ribbon
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
1 nearby

Today on the Nowood 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 Nowood River is a freestone river in Wyoming, listed as Red Ribbon by Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

More about the Nowood River

1 shop nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Red Ribbon streams (WGFD stream classification: Red, 300-599 lbs trout/mile)

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

Nowood River is a freestone river in Wyoming.

No real-time gauge

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

Restrooms near Nowood River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Nowood 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

    The North Platte River at Glendo, Wyoming (below Glendo Reservoir, not the Grey Reef or Miracle Mile reaches). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tensleep Creek.

    Tensleep Creek

    Wyoming · about 9 mi

    Rainbow & brown trout

  • The Wind River valley above Dubois with red badlands and mountainsRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not Canyon Creek
    Photo credit

    The Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Canyon Creek.

    Canyon Creek

    Wyoming · about 10 mi

    Rainbow & brown trout

  • The New Fork River running open through snow beneath a two-span timber truss bridge, with bare cottonwoods behindRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not North Fork Otter Creek
    Photo credit

    The New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Otter Creek.

    North Fork Otter Creek

    Wyoming · about 11 mi

    Cutthroat trout

  • Squaretop Mountain and White Rock above the lower Green River Lake in the Bridger WildernessRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not Leigh Creek
    Photo credit

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    Leigh Creek

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  • The Gros Ventre River running through sagebrush flats and cottonwoods in Jackson HoleRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not Little Canyon Creek
    Photo credit

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    Little Canyon Creek

    Wyoming · about 15 mi

    Rainbow, brown & cutthroat trout

  • A calm, wide stretch of the Snake River below a forested hill in Grand Teton National ParkRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not South Fork Little Canyon Creek
    Photo credit

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    South Fork Little Canyon Creek

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    Rainbow & brook trout

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: Red 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.

Length
157.3 mi (140.3 in WY)
Drains
1,920 sq mi
Drop
2,850 ft · 18.1 ft/mi
Flows into
Bighorn River
Watershed
Nowood

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.

22 of 140.3 mi on public land

  • Worland Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 4.2 mi
  • State Lands 1111112665State Land Board · 1.5 mi
  • State Lands 1111115480State Land Board · 1.5 mi
  • State Lands 1111124959State Land Board · 1.5 mi
  • State Lands 1111121183State Land Board · 1.2 mi
  • State Lands 1111121000State Land Board · 1.1 mi
  • State Lands 1111114823State Land Board · 0.7 mi
  • State Lands 1111116806State Land Board · 0.7 mi

+30 smaller areas

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Nowood 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.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

1 shop nearby

  • Thermopolis Fly Shop

    Thermopolis, WY · 46 mi

    Fly shop · Guided trips · Wade trips

    • Unclaimed
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

The hatch and season chart for this water's region.

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Northern Rockies
About this chart

5 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

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

Mother's Day caddis (Grannom) (May) · Salmonfly (May to June) · Salmonfly (May to July) · Salmonfly (July) · Trico (August to September)

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 Nowood River.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

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 “Nowood River”, halfway along its length in Wyoming, 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.