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Know where to fish before you go.

Live river measurements, weather, closures and regulations for the stretches you fish — read for you by Finn, so the drive is worth it.

Saturday, Sep 12
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★ Top pick today
Deckers
207 CFS · 54.1 °F · Stable flow
◷ Best fishing window
7 AM – 10 AM
☁ Weather outlook
Mostly sunny, high 68 °F, wind 5–10 mph
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Conditions look excellent here today!
Finn, pleased with the conditions
8.7
Also good today
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Cheesman Canyon
South Platte River · Good
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Ask Finn
Is Deckers worth the drive Saturday?

Yes, on what I can see. Flow is 207 CFS and steady — the range brown trout prefer on this reach.

There's no thermometer on this stretch, so I can't speak to water temperature.

Saturday's forecast is sunny with wind under 10 mph, and there's no closure or advisory. I'd be there early.

USGS 06701900 · observed 6:45 AM · NWS forecast · CPW
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Ask about a river. Get an answer from the data.

Finn reads today's gauge, the forecast, any closure and the rules for the stretch, then answers in plain words. When something isn't measured, Finn says so instead of guessing.

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Closures & advisories

Closed says closed. Everywhere.

Mandatory closures and voluntary advisories from the state agency sit on the map, on the card and on the river page — ahead of any score, however good the numbers look.

All states Colorado Saved
CLOSED
Closed to fishing · Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Dream Stream
South Platte River · CO · 41 mi
CLOSED
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Activity
Closure on Cheesman Canyon
CPW emergency closure begins today. Closed until further notice.
8:02 AM
Water reached 68 °F on Deckers
Above the threshold you set. Consider fishing early or elsewhere.
Yesterday
Flow rising on Yellowstone — Paradise Valley
1,240 → 1,900 CFS in six hours.
Yesterday
Weekend outlook is ready
Two of your waters look good for Saturday.
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Alerts

Alerts for the rivers you save.

A new closure, a temperature you set, a flow that's moving, a weekend outlook — as a notification on your phone, always free.

Trip planning

Tell Finn the day. Get the trip.

RiverFinn picks the water and the hours, keeps the plan on your calendar beside your own events, and tells you when conditions move before you leave.

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Saturday, September 12
Deckers
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Finn's plan · South Platte River
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Data sources
Where RiverFinn gets this information.
FlowView source ↗
SourceUSGS
StationSouth Platte at Trumbull (06701900)
ObservedSep 12, 6:45 AM
RiverFinn checkedSep 12, 6:52 AM
Water temperatureView source ↗
No live water-temperature source on this stretch.
WeatherView source ↗
SourceNational Weather Service
GridBOU 58,63
Closures & advisoriesView source ↗
AgencyColorado Parks and Wildlife
CheckedAutomatically, hourly
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Data & transparency

Every number has a source, a time and a link.

USGS and Colorado DWR gauges, the National Weather Service, and state wildlife agencies — with the time they observed it and the time RiverFinn last checked. No thermometer on the reach? It says so.

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And the rest

Built around the day, not the dashboard.

Conditions Score

One read of flow, trend, temperature and wind against the reach's species — only when enough is measured.

Nearby & saved

Rivers near you, ranked by what is measured; the ones you save drive your weekend outlook.

Directions & seasons

One tap to the access point in your maps app. Steelhead and salmon reaches carry their run windows.

Supported waters

52 sections across 5 states.

The river,
before the drive.

Free to start, with two full waters in every supported state. RiverFinn Pro opens the rest.