TroutWindowDavidson River – C&R
Pisgah’s flagship technical water. Catch-and-release, artificial lures.
- USGS 03441000 — flow + temp
Freestone / spring-influencedGrade A
Southern Appalachians · Launch set
Ten waters to start with
Locked 2026-09-13. Filter by sub-region. USGS IDs only where we’ve confirmed them — TBD where we haven’t. We won’t invent a gage.
Jackson River Tailwater
Wild VA tailwater below Gathright Dam. Easy to mix up with Jackson above Moomaw / Hidden Valley — this is the water below the dam.
- USGS 02011800 (Jackson at Gathright) — flow + temp
TailwaterGrade Ageneration
Smith River Tailwater
VA brown-trout tailwater below Philpott. Check generation before you wade.
- USGS 02072000 (Philpott) — flow + temp
TailwaterGrade Ageneration
Nantahala River – DH
Big NC Delayed Harvest tailwater. Duke generation can flip wading safety fast. No source-confirmed temp gage yet.
- USGS 03504000 — flow
- USGS 03505550 — flow
Tailwater / Delayed HarvestGrade Cgenerationdh
Tuckasegee River – DH
Crowded-in-a-good-way NC Delayed Harvest. Confirm Tuck DH dates on NCWRC — don’t copy Nantahala’s window without checking.
- USGS 03510577 — flow
- USGS 03513000 — flow
Tailwater / Delayed HarvestGrade Cgenerationdh
Mossy Creek
Technical fly-only spring creek. Worth listing even without a gage. Landowner permit required; no wading.
Gage TBD — we won’t invent a USGS ID
Spring creekGrade Dungagedpermitno wade
Whitetop Laurel
VA Mountains special-regs freestone. No gage — bring a thermometer. Wild-mountain water, not a busy DH pin.
Gage TBD — we won’t invent a USGS ID
FreestoneGrade Dungagedspecial regs
South Mills River – wild
Remote wild browns and rainbows on National Forest water. The nearby Mills gage is a neighbor’s report — not this exact reach.
- USGS 03446000 (Mills River) — flow + temp
FreestoneGrade Bproxywildlow pressure
Rapidan River – SNP
Heritage brook-trout water. Go gentle. No gage yet — thermometer until coverage improves.
Gage TBD — we won’t invent a USGS ID
Wild brook troutGrade Dungagedethics firstbrookiesensitivity
Wilson Creek
Wild & Scenic freestone. Stage-only USGS gage — handy for “is it blown?,” not for feeding or hatch calls.
- USGS 02140510 — stage only (00065)
Freestone / Wild & ScenicGrade C-stage only