Rainbow trout under $500 a day

13 of 37 rainbow trout destinations have guided days starting under $500 (full-day rate, before tip, license and lodging). Each page shows a trip total.

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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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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

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