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Reeds Creek fishing report

53.6 °F at Red Creek (Dolly Sods), 16.2 miles away — the nearest gauge, not a reading of Reeds Creek. It says what the region's water is doing today. No reporting stretch is in the cold band right now, so fish the first hours of light and the tributary mouths. September is Blue-Winged Olive, Cranefly, Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie and Caterpillar in the Virginia mountains, across the state line — 17 insects are recorded as active.

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Water temperature right now

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Red Creek (Dolly Sods) — 16.2 mi off this river 53.6 °F 67.2 °F30 Sep 2026, 14:15 UTC

Read from USGS instantaneous values when this page was built, and rebuilt nightly. The colour is the same four-band scale the map paints from.

What is hatching in September

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Blue-Winged Olive#16–2238–58 °F
Cranefly#6–1040–65 °F
Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie#10–1445–68 °F
Caterpillar#8–1455–75 °F
Crayfish#4–855–78 °F
Black Ant#14–2055–80 °F
Isonychia / Slate Drake#10–1455–70 °F
Leafhopper#18–2258–75 °F
Little Yellow May#16–1858–70 °F
Grasshopper#8–1260–80 °F
Trico#20–2458–72 °F
Cinnamon Flying Ant#16–2058–78 °F
Cricket#10–1455–75 °F
White Fly#12–1462–74 °F
Mahogany Dun#16–1845–58 °F
October Caddis#8–1045–58 °F
Water Boatman#14–1845–65 °F

The whole calendar →

More about Reeds Creek

Reeds Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access

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