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Fly fishing near Taos, New Mexico

The Cimarron River at Springer, looking upstream
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The Cimarron River at Springer, New Mexico, looking upstream. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

9 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Taos, New Mexico, in a straight line; the nearest are Rio Grande (12 mi), South Fork Rio Hondo (12 mi) and Frijoles Creek (14 mi).

More about Taos

1 fly shop and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Taos or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Navajo Dam & the San Juan, 116 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

9 waters near Taos

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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. Rio GrandeFreestone river · 12 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  2. South Fork Rio HondoFreestone river · 12 mi · Catch and release
  3. Frijoles CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Catch and release
  4. Palociento CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Catch and release
  5. Columbine CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Catch and release
  6. West Fork Luna CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Catch and release
  7. Rio Santa BarbaraFreestone river · 20 mi · Catch and release
  8. Red RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  9. Cimarron RiverTailwater · 21 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

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

Nearest destination hub

Navajo Dam & the San Juan · 116 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 911545, Taos 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.