Fly fishing near New Haven

17 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of New Haven, nearest first. The closest is Farmington River, about 1 hr 20 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.

Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown New Haven.

Under 2 hours · a day trip · 2

Painting of an angler in an autumn pool on the West Branch Farmington River
Trout

Farmington River

Riverton, Connecticut · USA

Fly into BDL, 40 min

About 1 hr 20 min from New Haven · 89 km

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Illustration of Housatonic River · Connecticut in November
Trout

Housatonic River

Falls Village to Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut · USA

Fly into BDL, 1.25 hr

About 1 hr 20 min from New Haven · 93 km

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium

2 to 4 hours · a long day or an overnight · 11

Original watercolor painting of Swift River, Belchertown, Massachusetts
Trout

Swift River

Belchertown and Ware, Massachusetts · USA

Fly into BDL, 1 hr

About 2 hr from New Haven · 140 km

Guide, per angler
$238–263
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Deerfield River, Massachusetts
Trout

Deerfield River

Charlemont, Massachusetts · USA

Fly into BDL, 1 hr 15 min

About 2 hr 30 min from New Haven · 190 km

Guide, per angler
$238–300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Big Flat Brook, New Jersey
Trout

Big Flat Brook

Stokes State Forest to Walpack, New Jersey · USA

Fly into EWR, 1.5 hr

About 2 hr 50 min from New Haven · 201 km

Guide, per angler
$225
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
The posted rate is one shop's New Jersey wade rate; it doesn't name the Flat Brook
Original watercolor painting of Neversink River, Sullivan County, New York
Trout

Neversink River

Claryville and Neversink to Bridgeville, New York · USA

Fly into SWF, 1 hr

About 3 hr from New Haven · 198 km

Guide, per angler
$250
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Low
Original watercolor painting of Upper Esopus Creek, New York
Trout

Esopus Creek

Big Indian to Phoenicia and Mount Tremper, New York · USA

Fly into SWF, 1 hr

About 3 hr from New Haven · 208 km

Guide, per angler
$225–375
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Musconetcong River, New Jersey
Trout

Musconetcong River

Hackettstown to Bloomsbury, New Jersey · USA

Fly into EWR, 1 hr

About 3 hr from New Haven · 213 km

Guide, per angler
$225–275
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Ken Lockwood Gorge, South Branch Raritan, New Jersey
Trout

South Branch Raritan River

Califon and Ken Lockwood Gorge to High Bridge, New Jersey · USA

Fly into EWR, 1 hr

About 3 hr from New Haven · 213 km

Guide, per angler
$225–275
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Illustration of Beaver Kill · Catskills in November
Trout

Beaverkill & Willowemoc

Roscoe, Catskills, New York · USA

Fly into EWR, 2–2.5 hr

About 3 hr 10 min from New Haven · 222 km

Guide, per angler
$225–263
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Little Lehigh Creek, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Trout

Little Lehigh Creek

Allentown, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into ABE, 15 min

About 3 hr 40 min from New Haven · 274 km

Guide, per angler
$200
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Illustration of Delaware River · New Jersey in November
Trout

Upper Delaware

Hancock, New York / Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into EWR, 2.5 hr

About 3 hr 40 min from New Haven · 261 km

Guide, per angler
$275
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Lehigh River, Pennsylvania
Trout

Lehigh River

White Haven to Jim Thorpe and Walnutport, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into ABE, 45 min

About 4 hr from New Haven · 294 km

Guide, per angler
$313
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium

4 to 6 hours · a weekend · 4

Painting of an angler casting from a sandy point into a tidal salt-marsh channel
Inshore salt

Cape Cod

Brewster, Chatham, Monomoy · USA

Fly into BOS, 1.5–2 hr

About 4 hr 10 min from New Haven · 309 km

Guide, per angler
$4506-hour day
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Flats guides mostly sell 4–6 hour tide-based trips; few post 8-hour prices
Original watercolor painting of Montauk, Long Island, New York
Inshore salt

Montauk

Long Island, New York · USA

Fly into ISP, 1.5 hr

About 4 hr 30 min from New Haven · 290 km

Guide, per angler
$450–550
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Trout

Tulpehocken Creek

Blue Marsh Lake to Reading, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into ABE, 45 min

About 4 hr 30 min from New Haven · 325 km

Guide, per angler
$188–238
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Painting of an angler beside boulder-strewn Adirondack riffles on the West Branch Ausable
Trout

West Branch Ausable

Wilmington, Adirondacks, New York · USA

Fly into ALB, 2.25–2.5 hr

About 5 hr 50 min from New Haven · 426 km

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium

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