Fly fishing near Ottawa

2 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of Ottawa, nearest first. The closest is Salmon River, about 3 hr away. Below them, the state trout maps for Ontario and New York.

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

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

Painting of a steelhead angler on New York’s Salmon River in late autumn
Steelhead

Salmon River

Pulaski, New York · USA

Fly into SYR, 45 min

About 3 hr from Ottawa · 243 km

Guide, per angler
$2756-hour day
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 4 hr from Ottawa · 257 km

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium

Trout maps near Ottawa · 2

State maps with water within about 120 miles of Ottawa

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