Fly fishing near Iron River, Michigan

A lone fly angler wades a dark, slow northern river lined with spruce and birch
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Fly fishing on the Äkäsjoki river, Finland. Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

7 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Iron River, Michigan, in a straight line; the nearest are Iron River (2 mi), Cooks Run (13 mi) and South Branch Paint River (13 mi).

More about Iron River

1 fly shop is in Iron River or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Baldwin & the Pere Marquette, 204 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

7 waters near Iron River

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. Iron RiverFreestone river · 2 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  2. Cooks RunFreestone river · 13 mi · Blue Ribbon
  3. South Branch Paint RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Fly-fishing only
  4. Brule RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  5. Paint RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  6. Bois Brule RiverFreestone river · 23 mi · Class 1 trout stream · live USGS flow
  7. Popple RiverFreestone river · 24 mi · Class 1 trout stream · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Iron River 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

Baldwin & the Pere Marquette · 204 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1620325, Iron 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.