Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
The Ellis River is a freestone river in New Hampshire, listed as Fly-fishing only by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest).
1 guide nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is White Mountains: North Conway & the Saco.
Ellis River is a freestone river in New Hampshire. Our destination hub White Mountains: North Conway & the Saco is 4 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Ellis River or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Ellis River
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Ellis River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New Hampshire · about 17 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Saco LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saco Lake.
New Hampshire · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Ethan PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ethan Pond.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Shoal PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shoal Pond.
New Hampshire · about 11 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Saco RiverThe Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saco River.
New Hampshire · about 15 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Conway LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Conway Lake.
New Hampshire · about 18 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water.
On the Rivers & Streams with Special Rules — fly-fishing only sections list (New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest), read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
4.4 of 16 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Littleton, NH · 30 mi
Wade trips · Drift boat · Upper Connecticut River
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
North Conway sits in the Mount Washington Valley on the east side of New Hampshire's White Mountains, where the Saco River comes down from Crawford Notch; the Ellis River joins it from Pinkham Notch and Jackson, the Androscoggin runs along the north side of the mountains through Gorham and Berlin, and the Pemigewasset drains the west side of the range.
Destination hub · 4 mi away in a straight line
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Ellis River.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Ellis River”, halfway along its length in New Hampshire, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Catch and releaseThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Saco LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saco Lake.
New Hampshire · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Ethan PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ethan Pond.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Shoal PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shoal Pond.
New Hampshire · about 11 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Saco RiverThe Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saco River.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Conway LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Conway Lake.
New Hampshire · about 18 mi
