SteelheadSteelhead, chinook and coho salmon, lake-run brownsFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $2756-hour day
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Fly fishing near Syracuse
18 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of Syracuse, nearest first. The closest is Salmon River, about 45 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for New York, Pennsylvania and Ontario.
Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown Syracuse.
Under 2 hours · a day trip · 1
SteelheadSteelhead, chinook and coho salmon, lake-run browns2 to 4 hours · a long day or an overnight · 6
Brown troutWild brown and rainbow troutTrout
Upper Delaware
Hancock, New York / Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into EWR, 2.5 hr
About 2 hr 20 min from Syracuse · 182 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $275
- Public access
- Moderate
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutTrout
Beaverkill & Willowemoc
Roscoe, Catskills, New York · USA
Fly into EWR, 2–2.5 hr
About 2 hr 50 min from Syracuse · 221 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–263
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutWild and stocked browns, rainbowsTrout
Lehigh River
White Haven to Jim Thorpe and Walnutport, Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into ABE, 45 min
About 3 hr 20 min from Syracuse · 264 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $313
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutWild browns; brook trout and browns above the reservoirTrout
Neversink River
Claryville and Neversink to Bridgeville, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 3 hr 20 min from Syracuse · 258 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $250
- Public access
- Moderate
- Crowding
- Low
Rainbow troutWild rainbows, browns, native brook trout in the headwatersTrout
Esopus Creek
Big Indian to Phoenicia and Mount Tremper, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 3 hr 50 min from Syracuse · 246 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–375
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild brook and brown troutTrout
Big Flat Brook
Stokes State Forest to Walpack, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1.5 hr
About 3 hr 50 min from Syracuse · 303 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- 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
4 to 6 hours · a weekend · 11
Brown troutWild browns, stocked browns and rainbowsTrout
Little Lehigh Creek
Allentown, Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into ABE, 15 min
About 4 hr 10 min from Syracuse · 330 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $200
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild browns and brookiesTrout
Musconetcong River
Hackettstown to Bloomsbury, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1 hr
About 4 hr 10 min from Syracuse · 323 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–275
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows and browns, holdovers, some wild browns and brook troutTrout
South Branch Raritan River
Califon and Ken Lockwood Gorge to High Bridge, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1 hr
About 4 hr 30 min from Syracuse · 336 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–275
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Brown troutStocked and holdover browns, rainbows; smallmouth bassTrout
Housatonic River
Falls Village to Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 1.25 hr
About 4 hr 30 min from Syracuse · 347 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $300
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutWild and stocked browns, rainbows, brook troutTrout
Farmington River
Riverton, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 40 min
About 4 hr 30 min from Syracuse · 350 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $300
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Brown troutStocked and holdover browns, rainbowsTrout
Tulpehocken Creek
Blue Marsh Lake to Reading, Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into ABE, 45 min
About 4 hr 40 min from Syracuse · 368 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $188–238
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutTrout
Deerfield River
Charlemont, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr 15 min
About 4 hr 40 min from Syracuse · 328 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $238–300
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutTrout
West Branch Ausable
Wilmington, Adirondacks, New York · USA
Fly into ALB, 2.25–2.5 hr
About 4 hr 50 min from Syracuse · 335 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $300
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Brown troutWild brown trout, rainbows, brook troutTrout
Central PA Limestoners
Spring Creek, Penns Creek, Little Juniata · USA
Fly into MDT, 1.5 hr
About 5 hr from Syracuse · 369 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $250
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
SteelheadSteelhead, lake-run brown troutSteelhead
PA Steelhead Alley
Erie County, Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into CLE, 1.5 hr
About 5 hr from Syracuse · 405 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $300–325
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows and browns, wild brook troutTrout
Swift River
Belchertown and Ware, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr
About 5 hr from Syracuse · 391 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $238–263
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Trout maps near Syracuse · 3
State maps with water within about 120 miles of Syracuse
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