Fly fishing in Ohio.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 11waters
- 9with a live gauge
- 10designated

Photo credit
The Chagrin River west of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, December 2024. Photo: EF5, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
11 fly-fishing waters in Ohio have a page here, 9 with a live USGS flow gauge and 10 with an official agency designation (such as Steelhead / salmon water or Special-regulation trout water).
More about Ohio
2 fly-fishing guides and 5 fly shops in Ohio are listed, unclaimed unless marked.
11 watersMost fished first
- Chagrin RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Conneaut CreekFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Cuyahoga RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Grand RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Rocky RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Vermilion RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water · live flow
- Ashtabula RiverFreestone river · Steelhead / salmon water
- Black RiverFreestone river · live flow
- Clear CreekFreestone river · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Mad RiverFreestone river · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Clear Fork Mohican RiverFreestone river · Special-regulation trout water
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About the Ohio list
About this
11 Ohio rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Ohio from a neighbouring state are included.
A Ohio water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.
