11 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of Manchester, nearest first. The closest is Swift River, about 2 hr 30 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown Manchester.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows and browns, wild brook troutBelchertown and Ware, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr
About 2 hr 30 min from Manchester · 136 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutCharlemont, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr 15 min
About 2 hr 50 min from Manchester · 173 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Striped bassStriped bass, bluefish, false albacoreBrewster, Chatham, Monomoy · USA
Fly into BOS, 1.5–2 hr
About 3 hr from Manchester · 224 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutWild and stocked browns, rainbows, brook troutRiverton, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 40 min
About 3 hr 30 min from Manchester · 249 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutStocked and holdover browns, rainbows; smallmouth bassFalls Village to Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 1.25 hr
About 3 hr 50 min from Manchester · 273 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brook troutNative brook trout, landlocked salmonRapid River and Kennebago, Maine · USA
Fly into PWM, 2.5 hr
About 4 hr 30 min from Manchester · 334 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutWilmington, Adirondacks, New York · USA
Fly into ALB, 2.25–2.5 hr
About 5 hr from Manchester · 343 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutWild rainbows, browns, native brook trout in the headwatersBig Indian to Phoenicia and Mount Tremper, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 5 hr 10 min from Manchester · 365 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutWild browns; brook trout and browns above the reservoirClaryville and Neversink to Bridgeville, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 5 hr 50 min from Manchester · 448 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild brook and brown troutStokes State Forest to Walpack, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1.5 hr
About 5 hr 50 min from Manchester · 445 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutRoscoe, Catskills, New York · USA
Fly into EWR, 2–2.5 hr
About 6 hr from Manchester · 473 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.