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Fly fishing near Amherst, New Hampshire

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13 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Amherst, New Hampshire, in a straight line; the nearest are Souhegan River (6 mi), Flints Brook (10 mi) and Merrimack River (10 mi).

More about Amherst

1 fly shop is in Amherst or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Western Massachusetts: the Deerfield & the Swift, 64 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

13 waters near Amherst

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Souhegan RiverFreestone river · 6 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  2. Flints BrookFreestone river · 10 mi · Catch and release
  3. Merrimack RiverFreestone river · 10 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  4. Nashua RiverFreestone river · 10 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  5. Piscataquog RiverTailwater · 11 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  6. South Branch Piscataquog RiverFreestone river · 11 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  7. Squannacook RiverFreestone river · 16 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  8. Contoocook RiverTailwater · 17 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  9. Turkey RiverFreestone river · 22 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  10. Willard PondLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Fly-fishing only
  11. Exeter RiverFreestone river · 24 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  12. Nubanusit LakeLake or reservoir · 24 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  13. Lamprey RiverTailwater · 25 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Amherst as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Western Massachusetts: the Deerfield & the Swift · 64 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 865239, Hillsborough County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.