Fly fishing near Ketchum, Idaho

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12 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Ketchum, Idaho, in a straight line; the nearest are Dollar Lake (3 mi), Penny Lake (3 mi) and Big Wood River (8 mi).

More about Ketchum

1 fly shop is in Ketchum or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Island Park & the Henry's Fork, 157 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

12 waters near Ketchum

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. Dollar LakeLake or reservoir · 3 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  2. Penny LakeLake or reservoir · 3 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  3. Big Wood RiverTailwater · 8 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  4. East Fork Wood RiverFreestone river · 8 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  5. Baker CreekFreestone river · 12 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  6. North Fork Big Wood RiverFreestone river · 12 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  7. Wildhorse CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  8. North Fork Big Lost RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  9. Little Wood RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  10. Big Smoky CreekFreestone river · 21 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  11. Little Smoky CreekFreestone river · 21 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  12. Star Hope CreekFreestone river · 23 mi · Featured sport-fishing water

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Ketchum 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

Island Park & the Henry's Fork · 157 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 397833, Blaine 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.