Fly fishing near Buffalo, New York

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11 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Buffalo, New York, in a straight line; the nearest are Buffalo River (2 mi), Niagara River (2 mi) and Buffalo Creek (7 mi).

More about Buffalo

1 fly shop and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Buffalo or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Erie & Steelhead Alley, 81 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

11 waters near Buffalo

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. Buffalo RiverFreestone river · 2 mi · Steelhead / salmon water
  2. Niagara RiverFreestone river · 2 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  3. Buffalo CreekFreestone river · 7 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  4. Cazenovia CreekFreestone river · 7 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  5. Cayuga CreekFreestone river · 12 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  6. Eighteenmile CreekFreestone river · 13 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  7. South Branch Eighteenmile CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  8. West Branch Cazenovia CreekFreestone river · 18 mi · Steelhead / salmon water
  9. East Branch Cazenovia CreekFreestone river · 22 mi · Steelhead / salmon water
  10. Four Mile CreekFreestone river · 25 mi · Steelhead / salmon water
  11. North Branch Clear CreekFreestone river · 25 mi · Steelhead / salmon water

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Buffalo 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.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Buffalo as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Erie & Steelhead Alley · 81 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 973345, Erie 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.