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Wind River, WY
River in Fremont County, Wyoming. The Wind River drains the east slope of the Wind River and Absaroka ranges through the Wind River Indian Reservation and the Riverton valley before entering Boysen Reservoir. The upper river above Boysen offers wade and float trout fishing for rainbow, brown, brook, and Yellowstone cutthroat trout, while the lower valley near Riverton holds trout plus walleye and sauger moving up from Boysen. Tribal permits are required on reservation water. Elevation roughly 5,000 ft at Riverton.
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What swims here
7 tracked species in Wind River, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Public access near Riverton and at the Wind River Diversion Dam; large sections cross the Wind River Indian Reservation where a Wind River tribal fishing permit (not a state license) is required. Live USGS gauge 06228000 (Wind River at Riverton) reports flow; water temperature uses a seasonal baseline.
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