Fly fishing near Ashland, Massachusetts

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6 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Ashland, Massachusetts, in a straight line; the nearest are West River (13 mi), Gates Brook (17 mi) and Blackstone River (18 mi).

More about Ashland

1 fly shop is in Ashland or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Western Massachusetts: the Deerfield & the Swift, 60 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

6 waters near Ashland

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. West RiverTailwater · 13 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  2. Gates BrookFreestone river · 17 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  3. Blackstone RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  4. Branch RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  5. Quinapoxet RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  6. Stillwater RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Ashland 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 · 60 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 617384, Middlesex 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.