Brook trout, painting
Painting: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (public domain)
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Brook trout

Native and stocked brook trout, from Appalachian headwaters to Maine's big wild brookies.

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Destinations for brook trout

17 destinations list brook trout, in the Northeast, Canada, the Southeast, the Southern Hemisphere and the Great Lakes. A guided day for two anglers runs $350 to $600; the middle price is $475. The months named most often are April, May and June. 11 are good for fishing on your own and 12 have good public access.

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Illustration of Beaver Kill · Catskills in November
Trout

Beaverkill & Willowemoc

Roscoe, Catskills, New York · USA

Fly into EWR, 2–2.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$225–263
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

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
Painting of an angler tying a fly beside a wooded limestone creek in spring
Trout

Central PA Limestoners

Spring Creek, Penns Creek, Little Juniata · USA

Fly into MDT, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$250
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Deerfield River, Massachusetts
Trout

Deerfield River

Charlemont, Massachusetts · USA

Fly into BDL, 1 hr 15 min

Guide, per angler
$238–300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Painting of a brown trout
Trout

Driftless Area

Spring creeks around Viroqua and Westby, Wisconsin, and southeast Minnesota · USA

Fly into LSE, 1 hr

Guide, per angler
$250–325
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
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

Guide, per angler
$225–375
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
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

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Painting of a clear mountain stream running over boulders under hardwood forest
Trout

Great Smoky Mountains

Townsend, Tennessee / Bryson City, North Carolina · USA

Fly into TYS, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$188–263
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Southwest Miramichi, Doaktown, New Brunswick
Salmon

Miramichi River

Blackville and Doaktown, New Brunswick · Canada

Fly into YQM, 1.5–2 hr

Guide, per angler
$211
Public access
Limited
Crowding
Low
Guided days are sold per angler and usually come with lodging; non-residents must hire a guide
Original watercolor painting of Musconetcong River, New Jersey
Trout

Musconetcong River

Hackettstown to Bloomsbury, New Jersey · USA

Fly into EWR, 1 hr

Guide, per angler
$225–275
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
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

Guide, per angler
$250
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Low
Original watercolor painting of Chimehuín River, Neuquén, Patagonia
Trout

Northern Patagonia

Junín and San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén · Argentina

Fly into CPC, 30–45 min

Guide, per angler
$280
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Rapid River, Rangeley Lakes, Maine
Trout

Rangeley Lakes

Rapid River and Kennebago, Maine · USA

Fly into PWM, 2.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$225–300
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Low
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

Guide, per angler
$225–275
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Swift River, Belchertown, Massachusetts
Trout

Swift River

Belchertown and Ware, Massachusetts · USA

Fly into BDL, 1 hr

Guide, per angler
$238–263
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

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor illustration of White River · Cotter, Arkansas
Trout

White and Norfork Rivers

Cotter and Mountain Home, Arkansas · USA

Fly into SGF, 2.5–3 hr

Guide, per angler
$275–300
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
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