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Tailwaters, spring creeks and steelhead, coast to coast.
Fly Fishing in Northern California
Sacramento and Trinity tailwaters, Hat Creek and Fall River spring creeks, the Sierra and the coastal steelhead rivers — a year-round map.
Tailwaters for steady days. Spring creeks for hard ones. Steelhead when it rains.
Fly Fishing in Washington and Oregon
A practical guide to the steelhead rivers and trout waters of the Pacific Northwest, from the Olympic Peninsula to the Oregon high desert.
Steelhead: Olympic Peninsula, Skagit, Sandy, Deschutes, North Umpqua, Rogue. Trout: Yakima, Crooked, Owyhee, Metolius, McKenzie. Check regulations and closures first.
Fly Fishing in Montana
Missouri, Bighorn and Beaverhead tailwaters, the Madison, Gallatin and Yellowstone, the Paradise Valley spring creeks, and the Bitterroot in March.
Tailwaters for winter. Bitterroot for March. Freestones for the hatches.
Fly Fishing in Wyoming and Idaho
The other side of Greater Yellowstone: native cutthroat, flat-water dries and a park with its own rules.
Snake and South Fork for native cutthroat; Henrys Fork, Teton and Silver Creek for technical dries; Yellowstone under its own rules.
Fly Fishing in Utah: A Year-Round Guide
Tailwaters near Salt Lake City, limestone canyon streams to the north, and high lakes and red-rock rivers to the south, with the access questions that matter.
Middle and Lower Provo, Green River below Flaming Gorge, Strawberry, Weber, Logan, Uinta slope, Boulder Mountain.
Fly Fishing Near Denver
South Platte tailwaters, Front Range canyons and the Blue below Dillon — and the winter fishing that carries on when the high country closes.
Deckers for the easy day. Cheesman for the humbling one. Clear Creek for the weeknight.
Fly Fishing in Arkansas and the Ozarks
Cold tailwaters and cold springs that fish through the winter, in Arkansas and Missouri.
Tailwaters (White, Norfork, Little Red, Beaver, Taneycomo): check the dam release first. Spring rivers (Spring, Eleven Point, Current): steady and cold. Missouri trout parks: zones, tags and permits. Creeks: wild trout, a gentle touch.
Great Lakes Steelhead and Driftless Trout
Salmon and steelhead on the lake tributaries, Lake Superior spring runs, and Driftless spring creeks that fish all year.
Salmon in autumn. Steelhead through winter. Spring runs in April. Driftless all year.
Fly Fishing in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic
Limestone creeks, cold tailwaters and mountain brook trout streams, with a look further afield at Connecticut and Maine.
Limestone spring creeks and bigger limestone rivers in Pennsylvania; Gunpowder, Big Hunting and Savage in Maryland; Rapidan, Mossy Creek and the Smith in Virginia; Cranberry and Seneca in West Virginia; Farmington and Housatonic in Connecticut and Maine's dam-controlled rivers further afield. Check each state's agency for licenses and rules.
Fly Fishing Near New York City
Croton tailwaters, Long Island spring creeks, Hudson Valley and New Jersey streams, and the Catskills for the long day — with the cool-season fishing that keeps going after summer.
Croton for the short session. Long Island for spring creeks. Catskills for the long day.