Fly fishing near Old Saybrook, Connecticut

The Eightmile River flowing through woods at Lyme
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The Eightmile River at Lyme, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

18 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, in a straight line; the nearest are Rogers Lake (6 mi), Pattagansett Lake (9 mi) and Eightmile River (11 mi).

More about Old Saybrook

1 fly shop and 2 fly-fishing guides are in Old Saybrook or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic, 51 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

18 waters near Old Saybrook

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. Rogers LakeLake or reservoir · 6 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  2. Pattagansett LakeLake or reservoir · 9 mi · Agency-named bass water
  3. Eightmile RiverFreestone river · 11 mi · Trout park · live USGS flow
  4. Chatfield Hollow BrookFreestone river · 12 mi · Trout park
  5. Schreeder PondLake or reservoir · 12 mi · Trout park
  6. Latimer BrookFreestone river · 12 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  7. Hammonasset RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Catch and release
  8. Bashan LakeLake or reservoir · 14 mi · Agency-named bass water
  9. Moodus ReservoirLake or reservoir · 15 mi · Agency-named bass water
  10. Gardner LakeLake or reservoir · 17 mi · Agency-named bass water
  11. Pickerel LakeLake or reservoir · 17 mi · Agency-named bass water
  12. Salmon RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow
  13. Quonnipaug LakeLake or reservoir · 18 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  14. Rattlesnake CreekFreestone river · 21 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  15. Yantic RiverFreestone river · 23 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  16. Farm RiverFreestone river · 23 mi · Wild Trout Water · live USGS flow
  17. Lake SaltonstallLake or reservoir · 24 mi · Agency-named bass water
  18. Taftville ReservoirLake or reservoir · 25 mi · Agency-named bass water

Fly shops nearby

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

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 209498, Lower Connecticut River Valley 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.