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San Juan

San Juan River

Fishable577 CFSIntermediate

Live Conditions

San Juan RiverBelow Navajo Dam

Fishable
577CFS
Discharge
3.95ft
Gauge Height
52.7°F
Water Temp
Updated 1 hr agoView on USGS ↗

24-Hr Pressure

23.93 inHg · → High/stable

Falling (good)RisingHigh/stable

Local Weather

75°FClear sky
Wind 1 mph23.93 inHg Low & stable

Tough conditions — fish deep

Today

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Partly cloudy

95° / 55°

Tomorrow

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Partly cloudy

93° / 60°

Sat

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Overcast

90° / 65°

Sun

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Clear sky

88° / 55°

Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.

Weather by Open-Meteo · No API key · Updated every 30 min

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🪰 Hatch Calendar

San Juan River · June · Early Summer

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🟢 Active now at 52.7°F water

Blue-Winged Olive

🟡 Approaching — within 5°F of trigger range

MidgePale Morning DunCaddis

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JanDec

PMDs (size 18-20) mid-morning. BWOs on cloudy days. Caddis (size 16-18) beginning. Midges year-round. The Juan fishes well while Rio Grande and freestones run high with snowmelt.

Blue-Winged OlivePMDCaddisMidge

🟢 Active · 🟡 Approaching · ⚪ Seasonal only

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About San Juan River

Gold Medal tailwater below Navajo Dam — one of the West's premier year-round trout fisheries. Big rainbows and browns on technical midge and BWO patterns.

MidgeBlue-Winged OlivePale Morning DunCaddis

Regulations

Catch-and-release only with artificial flies and lures only in the 3.75-mile special-regs Quality Waters section below Navajo Dam — one of the best tailwaters in the Southwest. New Mexico fishing license required. Verify current regs at wildlife.state.nm.us before fishing.