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

Wild and stocked brown trout, from Catskill freestones and Pennsylvania limestone creeks to Montana tailwaters and Patagonia.

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Destinations for brown trout

43 destinations list brown trout, in the Great Lakes, the Northeast, the Rockies, Canada, the Southeast, Europe, the Southern Hemisphere and the United Kingdom. A guided day for two anglers runs $331 to $1,300; the middle price is $560. The months named most often are April, September and October. 29 are good for fishing on your own and 28 have good public access.

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Original watercolor painting of Arkansas River, Colorado
Trout

Arkansas River

Salida, Colorado · USA

Fly into COS, 2 hr

Guide, per angler
$375
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Assynt Lochs, Scottish Highlands
Trout

Assynt Lochs

Lochinver and Assynt, Scottish Highlands, Scotland · United Kingdom

Fly into INV, 2–2.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$298–318
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Low
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
Original watercolor painting of Bighorn River, Montana
Trout

Bighorn River

Fort Smith, Montana · USA

Fly into BIL, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$363
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Bow River, Alberta
Trout

Bow River

Below Calgary, Alberta · Canada

Fly into YYC, 20–45 min

Guide, per angler
$282
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
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
Original watercolor painting of Derbyshire Wye, Bakewell, England
Trout

Derbyshire Wye

Bakewell, Derbyshire, England · United Kingdom

Fly into MAN, 1–1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$166
Public access
Limited
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
Painting of a green river winding through a red-rock canyon
Trout

Green River

Dutch John, Utah · USA

Fly into SLC, 3.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$350
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Painting of a rainbow trout
Trout

Guadalupe River

Canyon Lake tailwater, New Braunfels, Texas · USA

Fly into SAT, 1 hr

Guide, per angler
$225–300
Public access
Limited
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Henry’s Fork, Idaho
Trout

Henry's Fork

Island Park, Idaho · USA

Fly into IDA, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$398–425
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Illustration of Housatonic River · Connecticut in November
Trout

Housatonic River

Falls Village to Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut · USA

Fly into BDL, 1.25 hr

Guide, per angler
$300
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of Stóra-Laxá, Iceland
Salmon

Iceland

Laxá, Rangá, Blanda and others · Iceland

Fly into KEF, 1–5 hr by road

Guide, per angler
$649
Public access
Limited
Crowding
Low
Salmon is sold by the rod on leased beats, not by guide day; this rate is a trout and char day
Original watercolor painting of Lehigh River, Pennsylvania
Trout

Lehigh River

White Haven to Jim Thorpe and Walnutport, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into ABE, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$313
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

Guide, per angler
$200
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Painting of an angler wading a broad river at dusk below low mountains
Trout

Madison River

Ennis, Montana · USA

Fly into BZN, 1 hr 15 min

Guide, per angler
$400
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Missouri River, Craig, Montana
Trout

Missouri River

Craig, Montana · USA

Fly into HLN, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$370–395
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
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 Mataura River, Southland, New Zealand
Trout

New Zealand South Island

Otago, Southland, Fiordland, Nelson · New Zealand

Fly into ZQN, 30 min–2.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$210
Public access
Good
Crowding
Low
Original watercolor illustration of Toccoa River tailwater · Blue Ridge, Georgia
Trout

North Georgia Tailwaters

Chattahoochee (Buford Dam) and Toccoa (Blue Ridge Dam), Georgia · USA

Fly into ATL, 1 hr 15 min

Guide, per angler
$263–300
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
High
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 Rocky River, Ohio Steelhead Alley
Steelhead

Ohio Steelhead Alley

Rocky, Chagrin and Grand rivers, Ohio · USA

Fly into CLE, 20–50 min

Guide, per angler
$250–275
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Elk Creek, Pennsylvania Steelhead Alley
Steelhead

PA Steelhead Alley

Erie County, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into CLE, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$300–325
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Pere Marquette River, Baldwin, Michigan
Steelhead

Pere Marquette

Baldwin, Michigan · USA

Fly into GRR, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$300–350
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of River Test, Stockbridge, Hampshire
Trout

River Test

Stockbridge, Hampshire, England · United Kingdom

Fly into SOU, 35–45 min

Guide, per angler
$533–666
Public access
Limited
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of River Usk, Crickhowell, Wales
Trout

River Usk

Brecon and Crickhowell, Wales · United Kingdom

Fly into CWL, 1–1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
Quote required
Public access
Limited
Crowding
Medium
Two-angler guide price requires a quote
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

Guide, per angler
$2756-hour day
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of San Juan River, Navajo Dam, New Mexico
Trout

San Juan River

Navajo Dam, New Mexico · USA

Fly into DRO, 1 hr 15 min

Guide, per angler
$313–338
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
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
Painting of anglers in a drift boat on a wide river framed by autumn aspens
Trout

South Fork Snake

Swan Valley, Idaho · USA

Fly into IDA, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$440
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
Original watercolor painting of South Holston River, Bristol, Tennessee
Trout

South Holston

Bristol, Tennessee · USA

Fly into TRI, 30 min

Guide, per angler
$288
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
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
Original watercolor painting of Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Trout

Tulpehocken Creek

Blue Marsh Lake to Reading, Pennsylvania · USA

Fly into ABE, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$188–238
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

Guide, per angler
$275
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
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
Painting of an angler on the Lamar River in a broad Yellowstone valley
Trout

Yellowstone National Park

Lamar, Slough Creek, Firehole · USA

Fly into BZN, 1.5–1.75 hr

Guide, per angler
$395
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
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