Fly fishing in United States
United States has 384 waters in our listings, across 43 regions. By type, that includes 349 rivers and 34 stillwaters. The species named most often are rainbow trout (277 waters), brown trout (252 waters) and steelhead (69 waters). 9 of them are salmon rivers. 243 waters have a river or lake gauge linked for level data.
Alaska (20)
- Alagnak River
- American Creek
- Anchor River
- Aniak River
- Bristol Bay (overview)
- Brooks River (Katmai)
- Goodnews River
- Kanektok River
- Kenai River / Russian River corridor
- Kisaralik River
- Kvichak River (Iliamna outlet)
- Lake Creek
- Moraine Creek
- Naknek River
- Nushagak River
- Prince of Wales Island trout and steelhead streams
- Situk River (Yakutat)
- Talachulitna River
- Togiak River
- Upper Copper / Gulkana River
Arizona (4)
Arkansas (7)
Colorado (28)
- Animas River (Durango)
- Arkansas River — Bighorn Sheep & Royal Gorge (Cotopaxi to Parkdale)
- Arkansas River — Browns Canyon (Buena Vista to Salida)
- Arkansas River — Upper (Granite to Buena Vista)
- Big Thompson River (canyon, below Lake Estes)
- Blue River (below Dillon)
- Boulder Creek (Boulder Canyon)
- Cache la Poudre River
- Clear Creek (Golden)
- Colorado River — Middle (State Bridge to Dotsero / Glenwood)
- Colorado River — Upper (Kremmling / Pumphouse / Gore Canyon)
- Conejos River (Antonito / Platoro)
- Dolores River (below McPhee)
- Eagle River (Vail to Gypsum)
- Fryingpan River
- Gunnison River — Black Canyon & Gunnison Gorge
- Gunnison River — Upper (Almont to Blue Mesa)
- North Platte River (North Park)
- Rio Grande (Del Norte / Creede)
- Roaring Fork River
- South Platte — Cheesman Canyon
- South Platte — Deckers
- South Platte — Dream Stream (Spinney to Eleven Mile)
- South Platte — Eleven Mile Canyon
- St. Vrain Creek (Lyons)
- Taylor River (below Taylor Park Reservoir)
- Uncompahgre River (Pa-Co-Chu-Puk / Ridgway)
- Yampa River (Steamboat Springs)
Connecticut (3)
Eastern Sierra (11)
Georgia (8)
- Amicalola Creek — Delayed Harvest (Dawson Forest)
- Chattahoochee River — Artificial-Lure Reach (GA 20 to Medlock Bridge)
- Chattahoochee River — Buford Dam Tailwater (Buford Dam to GA 20)
- Chattahoochee River — Delayed Harvest (Sope Creek to US 41)
- Dukes Creek (Smithgall Woods State Park)
- Noontootla Creek
- Toccoa River — Delayed Harvest (above Blue Ridge Lake)
- Toccoa River Tailwater (Blue Ridge Dam to McCaysville)
Idaho (9)
Indiana (3)
Iowa (9)
Maine (5)
Maryland (3)
Massachusetts (2)
Michigan (12)
Michigan/Indiana (1)
Minnesota (13)
Missouri (13)
- Barren Fork Creek
- Bennett Spring State Park
- Blue Springs Creek
- Crane Creek
- Current River / Montauk (Missouri spring system)
- Eleven Point River
- Lake Taneycomo below Table Rock Dam
- Little Piney Creek
- Maramec Spring Park
- Mill Creek (Missouri Blue Ribbon)
- North Fork of the White River (upper)
- Roaring River (Missouri State Park)
- Spring Creek (Missouri Blue Ribbon)
Montana (31)
- Beaverhead River
- Big Hole River
- Bighorn River
- Bitterroot River
- Blackfoot River
- Boulder River
- Clark Canyon Reservoir
- Clark Fork
- Cliff Lake
- Dearborn River
- Ennis Lake
- Flathead River
- Gallatin River
- Georgetown Lake
- Hebgen Lake
- Hyalite Reservoir
- Jefferson River
- Kootenai River
- Madison River
- Missouri River
- Paradise Valley Spring Creeks
- Quake Lake
- Red Rock River
- Rock Creek
- Ruby River
- Shields River
- Smith River
- Stillwater River
- Sun River
- Wade Lake
- Yellowstone River
New Hampshire (3)
New Jersey (2)
New Mexico (11)
New York (23)
- Beaverkill
- Carmans River
- Cattaraugus Creek
- Connetquot River
- Croton Watershed trout streams
- East Branch Croton River
- East Branch Delaware River
- Eighteenmile Creek
- Esopus Creek
- Fishkill Creek
- Genesee River
- Lower Niagara River
- Neversink River
- Nissequogue River
- Oak Orchard Creek
- Oswego River
- Ramapo River — New York
- Salmon River
- Upper Main Stem Delaware River
- Wappinger Creek
- West Branch Croton River
- West Branch Delaware River
- Willowemoc Creek
North Carolina (4)
Northern California (39)
- Battle Creek
- Baum Lake
- Butte Creek
- Butte Lake
- Eagle Lake
- East Carson River
- Eel River system
- Fall River
- Feather River
- Gualala / Garcia steelhead cluster
- Hat Creek
- Klamath River
- Lake Almanor
- Lake Davis
- Little Truckee River
- Lower American River
- Lower Mokelumne River
- Lower Sacramento River
- Lower Stanislaus River
- Lower Yuba River
- Mad River
- Manzanita Lake
- Mattole River
- McCloud River
- Middle Fork American River
- Middle Fork Feather River
- Milton Reservoir
- North Fork American River
- North Fork Mokelumne River
- Pit River
- Putah Creek
- Rubicon River
- Russian River
- Smith River
- South Fork American River
- Trinity River
- Truckee River
- Upper Sacramento River
- Van Duzen River
Ohio (5)
Ohio/Pennsylvania (1)
Oklahoma (3)
Oregon (9)
Pennsylvania (11)
South Carolina / Georgia (1)
Southern California (4)
Tennessee (5)
Texas (1)
US (15)
Utah (19)
- Beaver River
- Blacksmith Fork River
- Boulder Mountain Lakes
- Diamond Fork Creek
- Duchesne River
- East Fork Sevier River — Kingston Canyon
- Fish Lake
- Fremont River
- Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam
- Huntington Creek
- Logan River
- Lower Provo River
- Middle Provo River
- Panguitch Lake
- Price River
- Strawberry Reservoir
- Strawberry River (tailwater)
- Uinta south-slope streams cluster
- Weber River