The Upper Connecticut River is a tailwater in New Hampshire, listed as Catch and release by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest).
2 USGS gauges on the water report flow. 2 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here.
First Connecticut Lake, Pittsburg, New Hampshire, on the upper Connecticut River. Photo: Dmoore5556, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Upper Connecticut River is a tailwater in New Hampshire. The nearest destination hub is across the state line: the Rangeley Lakes hub (Maine) is 39 mi away in a straight line but 79 by road.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Upper Connecticut River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Upper Connecticut River with 2 USGS gauges.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Upper Connecticut 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.
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Clarksville PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarksville Pond.
New Hampshire · about 4 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake FrancisRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Francis.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not First Connecticut LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not First Connecticut Lake.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Branch Mohawk RiverThe Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Mohawk River.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Perry StreamThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Perry Stream.
New Hampshire · about 11 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Lime PondSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lime Pond.
New Hampshire · about 12 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 — catch-and-release 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
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
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
2 guides name it on their website
Errol, NH · 24 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · Upper Connecticut & Magalloway
Names this water
Littleton, NH · 57 mi
Wade trips · Drift boat · Upper Connecticut River
Names this water
The Rangeley Lakes hub (Maine) is 39 mi away in a straight line but 79 by road, so we don't call Upper Connecticut River near it. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
Nearest hub: Rangeley Lakes, across the state 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.
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
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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: the USGS gauge CONNECTICUT R BELOW INDIAN STREAM NR PITTSBURG, NH. Water type is our own classification.
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Clarksville PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarksville Pond.
New Hampshire · about 4 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake FrancisRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Francis.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not First Connecticut LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not First Connecticut Lake.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Branch Mohawk RiverThe Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Mohawk River.
New Hampshire · about 10 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Perry StreamThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Perry Stream.
New Hampshire · about 11 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Lime PondSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lime Pond.
New Hampshire · about 12 mi
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
Fishing lodge · 5.4 mi
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
River cabins · 6.1 mi
Canaan, Vermont
Fishing lodge · 8.5 mi
Norton, Vermont
Fishing lodge · 12 mi
