Fly fishing near Thorne Bay, Alaska

Tall spruce silhouetted against an evening sky beside the dark water of the Thorne River
Photo credit

The Thorne River on Prince of Wales Island at the end of the day (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

9 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Thorne Bay, Alaska, in a straight line; the nearest are Karta River (9 mi), Thorne River (9 mi) and Control Lake (13 mi).

More about Thorne Bay

1 fly-fishing guide is in Thorne Bay or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Ketchikan & Revillagigedo Island, 42 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

9 waters near Thorne Bay

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. Karta RiverFreestone river · 9 mi · Catch and release
  2. Thorne RiverFreestone river · 9 mi · Catch and release
  3. Control LakeLake or reservoir · 13 mi · Catch and release
  4. Hatchery CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Steelhead / salmon water
  5. Old Franks CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Catch and release
  6. Eagle CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Catch and release
  7. Luck LakeLake or reservoir · 20 mi · Catch and release
  8. Klawock RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  9. Staney CreekFreestone river · 24 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow

Fly-fishing guides nearby

About this

Guides and outfitters that name Thorne Bay 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

Ketchikan & Revillagigedo Island · 42 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1669435, Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) 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.