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Flat Creek
Is Flat Creek worth the trip today? Check flow, weather, hatches, access, and rules for the river below Cache Creek, Wyoming before you go.
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Voluntary catch-and-release pause on Flat Creek covers Flat Creek. The notice needs a new check with the agency. Fishing tips stay hidden until you check it.
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Restrictions and advisories
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Voluntary catch-and-release pause on Flat Creek
- Area
- Flat Creek
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- Link status
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- Starts
- Daily hours
- Daily, 12:00–following sunrise (America/Denver)
- Repeats
- Daily from noon until the following sunrise
What to know about this notice
This is an agency-requested voluntary catch-and-release pause, not a statutory fishing closure; sunrise must be resolved for the local date before time-scoped suppression.
WGFD names Flat Creek without a narrower reach, including the report corridor.
Your plan
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Voluntary catch-and-release pause on Flat Creek covers Flat Creek. The notice needs a new check with the agency. Fishing tips stay hidden until you check it.
Voluntary catch-and-release pause on Flat Creek: Flat Creek
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What the river is doing
Check the latest flow and weather before you go. A quick change can make the river harder or less safe to fish.
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- Flow
- 52 cfs
- From the latest stored river check. Open the official source for the newest reading.Water 59.4°F · 24h high 65.8°F · USGS provisional
- Air now
- 67°F
Current NWS forecast period
- Next 24h high
- 83.0°F
NWS air forecast near
- Rain chance
- 0%
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- Wind
- 3 mph
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Recent flow
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More forecast and source details
National Weather Service
Flat Creek below Cache Creek near Jackson, Wyoming
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Live data
Where these readings come from
RiverReports gauge: FLAT CREEK BELOW CACHE CREEK, NEAR JACKSON WY
Water 59.4°F · provisional · 24h high 65.8°F provisionalWater observed · high observed
How to fish it
Fishing advice is paused.
Use the official notice and current conditions instead of fishing advice.
Voluntary catch-and-release pause on Flat Creek covers Flat Creek. The notice needs a new check with the agency. Fishing tips stay hidden until you check it.
What to try
Fly choices are paused.
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Seasonal fly and tactic guidance stays hidden while this stop or unverified notice applies.
Access and safety
Flat Creek access and rules.
Use these places as starting points. Open the access link below and check posted signs before you park or enter. Check Wyoming rules and the current National Elk Refuge fishing page before fishing because this creek is governed by both state rules and refuge-specific open dates.
McBride Bridge area
The key official reference point separating upper Flat Creek access on the refuge page.
Posted lower Flat Creek boundaries
The only responsible way to plan the late-summer lower reach.
Jackson National Fish Hatchery area
Useful orientation support when pairing a town day with refuge-managed water.
The refuge page says upper Flat Creek is open from May 1 through November 30 upstream from McBride Bridge to the national forest boundary.
Lower Flat Creek is open only from August 1 through October 31 between posted boundaries and is artificial-flies-only.
All other refuge waters are closed, so do not improvise beyond what the signs and the current refuge page support.
River sources
Official Flat Creek sources.
Official agencies and primary river operators come first. Secondary tools are labeled so you know what carries the most weight.
How this report was checked
How this report was checked
Reviewed byBlueStreamFly River Review Team
Trip guidance checked
What was checked: This report starts with official regulation, access, flow, weather, and public-land sources, then adds practical planning guidance for fly anglers.
Live measurements and forecasts keep their provider timestamps. Rules, access, and trip guidance use the source-review date shown here. BlueStreamFly planning advice is editorial interpretation, not an agency notice.
First-hand experience: BlueStreamFly does not claim a first-hand visit or local field test for this report unless a real contributor is explicitly named and linked.
Rules and closures
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Flow and weather
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Access and land
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More helpful links
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Rules and closures
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What this source covers
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Flow and weather
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What this source covers
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What this source covers
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Access and land
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What this source covers
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More helpful links
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What this source covers
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Quick answers
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