Fly fishing near Syracuse, New York

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

4 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Syracuse, New York, in a straight line; the nearest are Oswego River (13 mi), Chittenango Creek (15 mi) and Skaneateles Creek (17 mi).

More about Syracuse

1 fly shop is in Syracuse or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Pulaski & the Salmon River, 36 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

4 waters near Syracuse

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. Oswego RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Steelhead / salmon water · live USGS flow
  2. Chittenango CreekFreestone river · 15 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  3. Skaneateles CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  4. Catfish CreekFreestone river · 24 mi · Steelhead / salmon water

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Syracuse 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

Pulaski & the Salmon River · 36 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 966966, Onondaga 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.