Fly fishing near Vernal, Utah

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

9 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Vernal, Utah, in a straight line; the nearest are Steinaker Reservoir (4 mi), Red Fleet Reservoir (10 mi) and Brough Reservoir (17 mi).

More about Vernal

1 fly shop is in Vernal or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan, 152 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

9 waters near Vernal

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. Steinaker ReservoirLake or reservoir · 4 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  2. Red Fleet ReservoirLake or reservoir · 10 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  3. Brough ReservoirLake or reservoir · 17 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  4. Uinta RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  5. Little Montes ReservoirLake or reservoir · 22 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  6. Whiterocks RiverFreestone river · 23 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  7. East Park ReservoirLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  8. Duchesne RiverFreestone river · 24 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  9. Matt Warner ReservoirLake or reservoir · 25 mi · Featured sport-fishing water

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Vernal 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

Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan · 152 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1433885, Uintah 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.