Fly fishing in Wisconsin.

Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.

  • 49waters
  • 27with a live gauge
  • 49designated
The Bois Brule River at Winneboujou in winter, dark water between snowy banks and evergreens
Photo credit

The Bois Brule River at the County Highway B landing (Winneboujou), Wisconsin. Photo: Kriz420 (Wikimedia Commons user), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

49 fly-fishing waters in Wisconsin have a page here, 27 with a live USGS flow gauge and 49 with an official agency designation (such as Class 1 trout stream).

More about Wisconsin

6 fly-fishing guides and 10 fly shops in Wisconsin are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hub: The Driftless: Viroqua & Westby.

Updated

49 watersMost fished first

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About the Wisconsin list

About this

49 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin from a neighbouring state are included.

A Wisconsin 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.

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