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Fly fishing near South Lake Tahoe, California

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7 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of South Lake Tahoe, California, in a straight line; the nearest are Upper Truckee River (1 mi), Lake Tahoe (12 mi) and Rubicon River (15 mi).

More about South Lake Tahoe

1 fly shop is in South Lake Tahoe or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Bishop & the Eastern Sierra, 139 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

7 waters near South Lake Tahoe

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. Upper Truckee RiverFreestone river · 1 mi · Heritage Trout Water · live USGS flow
  2. Lake TahoeLake or reservoir · 12 mi
  3. Rubicon RiverTailwater · 15 mi · Wild Trout Water
  4. Caples CreekTailwater · 17 mi · Wild Trout Water
  5. East Fork Carson RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Wild Trout Water · live USGS flow
  6. Carson RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · live USGS flow
  7. Gerle Creek Divide ReservoirLake or reservoir · 22 mi · Wild Trout Water

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name South Lake Tahoe 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

Bishop & the Eastern Sierra · 139 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1659822, El Dorado 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.