Idaho · freestone
13.4 miles
October on the hatch chart — names and sizes, not a catch report.
Filled months are when that insect is on the chart. Best months for this river are lit.
Swipe months to stay on the year
| Insect | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Beetle (Terrestrial) |
Hatch-chart nymphs, dries, and streamers for this river. Not a crowdsourced catch report.
Open the Rainey Creek fly list →2 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
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USGS site 13034500 Rainey Creek near Swan Valley, ID. Official NWIS 43.44825005, -111.370505. No current discharge as of 2026-09-29. Historic gauge location.
USGS site 13034450 Rainey Creek at Swan Valley, ID. Official NWIS 43.44563056, -111.3298556. No current discharge as of 2026-09-29. Historic gauge location closer to the South Fork.
Idaho fishing license required. South Fork Snake River tributaries (IDFG 2025-2027): no harvest of Cutthroat Trout; no limit on Rainbow Trout or trout hybrids; June 1 through June 30 closed to fishing. Verify current IDFG rules before fishing. Much of the lower creek is private. Do not cross posted ranch land.
Verify with Idaho Fish and Game. Retrieved 2026-08-31. Seasons and gear rules change.
Rainey Creek is a South Fork Snake tributary in Bonneville County, Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game lists it at 13.4 miles. It enters the South Fork near Swan Valley. A gravel road parallels much of the creek. Trout Unlimited has worked on irrigation screens and passage here because Rainey is one of the four large spawning tributaries to the South Fork.
USGS 13034500 Rainey Creek near Swan Valley, ID exists at 43.44825005, -111.370505. USGS 13034450 Rainey Creek at Swan Valley, ID exists at 43.44563056, -111.3298556. Neither is transmitting live discharge. Do not treat them as live flow gauges.
IDFG South Fork Snake River tributary rules apply: no harvest of cutthroat trout, no limit on rainbow trout or trout hybrids, and closed to fishing June 1 through June 30. Confirm land status. Lower Rainey has private ranch and diversion infrastructure. Stay on public road right-of-way and posted access.
Freestone
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Mountain Whitefish
Freestone
Steelhead · Chinook Salmon · Rainbow Trout
Freestone
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
Freestone
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
Spring Creek
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
Freestone
Westslope Cutthroat Trout · Bull Trout · Mountain Whitefish
If something here is thin or wrong, add what you know. It goes to review before it publishes.
Contribute to this riverNo USGS site is linked to Rainey Creek. We do not invent a site id or guess a flow.
