List of fly fishing waters in North America

• Alabama
• Sipsey River - below Smith Lake Dam
• Alaska
• Chena River - Premier dry-fly fishing for Arctic grayling{{cite book |title=Alaska Fishing-The Ultimate Angler's Guide |editor=Limeres, René |editor2=Pedersen, Gunnar |publisher=Publisher's Design Group |location=Roseville, CA |pages=279–289 |isbn=1-929170-11-4 |year=2005 }}
• Russian River - Fly fishing only for sockeye and silver salmon[http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/regulations/southcentral/SCkenai.pdf 2008 Alaska Fishing Regulations-Kenai Peninsula]
• Arizona
• Lee's Ferry - trout
• Arkansas
• White River
• Little Red River
• Buffalo River
• Crooked Creek
• North Fork River
• Little Buffalo River
• California
• Kern River
• Pit River
• Colorado
• Animas River
• Arkansas River{{cite book |last=Edrington |first=Bill |title=Fly Fishing the Arkansas: An Angler's Guide and Journal |year=2003 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=1-4134-3522-X }}
• Fryingpan River{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=97–101}}
• Gunnison River
• North Platte River
• Rio Grande
• Roaring Fork River
• Connecticut
• Farmington River
• Florida
• Biscayne Bay
• Florida Keys
• Florida Gulf Coast
• Georgia
• Chattahoochee River
• Dukes Creek
• Idaho
• Big Lost River
• Big Wood River
• Boise River
• Clearwater River
• Coeur d'Alene River
• Fall River
• Henrys Fork (Snake River)—Fly fishing only within Harriman State Park{{Cite web |url=http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/fish/rules/full_booklet.pdf |title=2008-2009 Idaho Fishing Seasons and Rules |access-date=2008-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516153411/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/fish/rules/full_booklet.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-16 |url-status=dead }}
• Lochsa River
• Saint Joe River
• Salmon River
• Selway River
• Silver Creek
• Teton River
• Kentucky
• Cumberland River
• Maine
• Penobscot River - World class landlocked salmon fishery on the West Branch{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=13–16 }}
• Maryland
• Potomac River - North Branch
• Savage River
• Youghiogheny River
• Massachusetts
• Deerfield River
• Millers River
• Swift River
• Westfield River
• Michigan
• Au Sable River - Blue Ribbon trout fishery known for trophy brown trout. Also known as Michigan's "holy waters."
• Huron River - Blue Ribbon smallmouth bass fishery in the Dexter-Ann Arbor area.
• Pere Marquette River - The PM is especially known for its fall run salmon, but it has its share of large trout and steelhead.
• Minnesota (see also :Category:Minnesota trout streams)A more complete listing can be found at {{cite web|url=https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/trout_streams/south-2015/stream_lake_index.pdf|title=Trout Angling Opportunities in Southern and Central Minnesota|website=MN DNR|access-date=February 26, 2021}}
• Camp Creek (Trout), (Fillmore County)
• Crooked Creek (Trout), (Houston County)
• Devil Track River
• Hay Creek (Trout), (Goodhue County)
• Mississippi River (Bass)
• Pigeon River
• Pine Creek (Trout), (Fillmore, Winona Counties)
• Root River - North and South Branches (Trout); Middle and South Forks (Trout)
• Rush Creek (Trout), (Fillmore and Winona Counties)
• Snake River (Bass)
• Vermillion River (Pike, Trout) (Dakota County)
• Whitewater River Main, Middle and South Forks (Trout), (Olmstead, Winona, Wabasha Counties)
• Winnebago Creek (Trout), (Houston County)
• Missouri
• Bennett Spring State Park
• Capps Creek
• Crane Creek - known for the rare opportunity to catch a genetically pure strain of the McCloud Rainbow Trout.
• Lake Taneycomo
• Maramec Spring Park
• Montauk State Park
• Niangua River
• Roaring River State Park
• Montana
• Big Hole River—A Blue Ribbon trout stream.[http://fwp.mt.gov/FwpPaperApps/fishing/class1and2.pdf MFWP Stream Fishery Classification] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711005050/http://fwp.mt.gov/FwpPaperApps/fishing/class1and2.pdf |date=2008-07-11 }} Catch and release for grayling and westslope cutthroat trout{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=131–134 }} Catch and release for brown trout (Dickey bridge to mouth){{cite web |url= https://fwp.mt.gov/homepage/news/2021/aug/0823-new-brown-trout-regulations-in-place-on-big-hole-beaverhead-rivers |title=New Brown Trout Regulations in-place on Big Hole Beaverhead rivers |publisher=Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks |accessdate=December 29, 2021}}
• Beaverhead River - Catch and release for brown trout
• Bitterroot River
• Blackfoot River - A Blue Ribbon trout stream
• Boulder River - A Blue Ribbon trout stream
• Clark Fork
• Dearborn River
• DePuy Spring Creek{{cite book |last=Walinchus |first=Rod |author2=Travis, Tom |title=Fly Fishing The Yellowstone River |publisher=Pruett Publishing |location=Boulder, CO |year=1995 |isbn=0-87108-861-4 }}{{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Dave |title=The Yellowstone River and its Angling |url=https://archive.org/details/yellowstoneriver00hugh |url-access=registration |publisher=Frank Amato Publications |location=Portland, OR |year=1992 |isbn=1-878175-23-8 }}{{cite book |last=Graetz |first=Rick |author2=Graetz, Susie |title=Montana's Yellowstone River - From the Teton Wilderness to the Missouri |publisher=Northern Rockies Publishing |location=Helena, MT |year=2002 |isbn=1-891152-16-5 }}{{cite book |last=Ford |first=Pat |title=Best Fly-Fishing Trips Money Can Buy |publisher=Stakepole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |year=2007 |isbn=0-8117-0179-4 }}
• East Gallatin River
• Gallatin River - A Blue Ribbon trout stream
• Glacier National Park - Catch and release fishing for bull trout[http://www.nps.gov/archive/glac/pdf/Fishing06.pdf 2007 Glacier National Park Fishing Regulations]
• Madison River - A Blue Ribbon trout stream. Headwaters fly fishing only in Yellowstone National Park.{{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |year=1997 |isbn=1-55821-545-X |pages=37–40}}{{cite book |last=Parks |first=Richard |title=Fishing Yellowstone National Park |year=1998 |publisher=Falcon Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=1-56044-625-0 |pages=30–34}}[http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/fishreg06.pdf 2007 Yellowstone National Park Fishing Regulations]{{cite book |last=Holt |first=John |title=Montana Fly-Fishing Guide-East |year=1996 |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |isbn=1-58574-529-4 }}{{cite book |last=Holt |first=John |title=River Journal - Madison |publisher=Frank Amato Publications |location= Portland, OR |year=1993 |isbn=1-878175-27-0 }}
• Missouri River - Canyon Ferry Dam to Cascade, MT
• Ruby River - rainbow and brown trout in lower reaches, cutbow and Arctic grayling in headwaters
• Yellowstone River - A Blue Ribbon trout stream. Headwaters in Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park{{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |year=1997 |isbn=1-55821-545-X |pages=99}}{{cite book |last=Parks |first=Richard |title=Fishing Yellowstone National Park |year=1998 |publisher=Falcon Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=1-56044-625-0 |pages=136–140}}{{cite book |last=Walinchus |first=Rod |author2=Travis, Tom |title=Fly Fishing The Yellowstone River |publisher=Pruett Publishing |location=Boulder, CO |year=1995 |isbn=0-87108-861-4 }}
• Nevada
• Truckee River
• New Hampshire
• Androscoggin River
• Connecticut River - Fly fishing only above Lake Francis{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=19–21 }}
• New Jersey
• Flat Brook (including tributaries Big Flat Brook and Little Flat Brook)
• Paulins Kill
• Pequest River
• New Mexico{{cite web|url=https://www.newmexico.org/things-to-do/outdoor-adventures/fishing/5-favorite-nm-fishing-spots/|website=New Mexico|title=5 favorite New Mexico fishing spots|access-date=February 26, 2021}}
• Cimarron River
• Pecos River
• Rio Grande, Upper
• Rio Chama
• San Juan River
• New York
• Ausable River
• Batten Kill
• Beaver Kill{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=29–33 }}
• Carmans River special reg trout
• Connetquot River special reg trout
• East Branch Delaware River
• Esopus Creek
• Neversink River
• Nissequogue River special reg trout
• New York City Watershed Waters special reg trout
• Schoharie Creek
• West Branch Delaware River
• Willowemoc Creek
• North Carolina
• Cheoah River
• Davidson River
• French Broad River - upstream of Brevard
• Green River
• Linville River
• Nantahala River
• Pigeon River - upstream of Canton
• Tuckasegee River
• Watauga River
• Ohio
• Mad River
• Clear Fork River
• Clear Fork Mohican River
• Chagrin River
• Rocky River
• Oregon
• Deschutes River
• North Umpqua River
• Pennsylvania
• Big Spring Creek-Cumberland special reg trout
• Falling Spring Branch special reg trout
• Fishing Creek
• Jordan Creek
• Lackawaxen River
• LeTort Spring Run - Catch and release fly fishing only[http://www.fish.state.pa.us/fishpub/summary/z00complete.pdf 2008 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327040942/http://www.fish.state.pa.us/fishpub/summary/z00complete.pdf |date=2009-03-27 }}{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=46–48 }}
• Little Juniata River
• Little Lehigh Creek special reg trout
• Ridley Creek State Park
• Yellow Breeches Creek special reg trout
• Tennessee
• Bald River
• Caney Fork
• Elk River
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Also in North Carolina{{cite book |last=Kirk |first=Don |title=Smoky Mountains Trout Fishing Guide |publisher=Menasha Ridge Press |location=Birmingham, Alabama |year=1985 |isbn=0-89732-036-0}}
• Hiwassee River
• Holston River
• Tellico River
• Watauga River
• Vermont
• Batten Kill
• Virginia
• James River{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=61–64}}
• New River (Bass, Musky)
• Shenandoah River (Bass)
• Rapidan River{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=58–60 }}
• Shenandoah River (Bass)
• Shenandoah National Park{{cite book |last=Slone |first=Harry |title=Virginia Trout Streams-A guide to fishing the Blue Ridge watershed |publisher=Backcounty Publications |location=Woodstock, Vermont |isbn=0-88150-207-3 |year=1991 |pages=37–54}}
• Utah
• San Juan River - Also in Colorado and New Mexico{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama |pages=91–97 }}
• Provo River - World class trout fishery close to Utah's major cities. Brown and rainbow trout reach record lengths, with a typical fish running 18 inches or bigger. There are 3 branches to the Provo River, the lower, middle, and upper.
• Washington
• Yakima River{{cite book |last=Probasco |first=Steve |title=River Journal-Yakima River |publisher=Frank Amato |location=Portland, OR |year=1994 |isbn=1-878175-76-9}}
• West Virginia
• Cheat River
• Lost River
• Mill Run
• Wyoming
• Yellowstone National Park:
• Firehole River - Fly fishing only in Yellowstone National Park
• Gibbon River - Fly fishing only below Gibbon Falls{{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |year=1997 |isbn=1-55821-545-X |pages=30–33}}{{cite book |last=Parks |first=Richard |title=Fishing Yellowstone National Park |year=1998 |publisher=Falcon Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=1-56044-625-0 |pages=51–60}}
• Lamar River - Major river in core of Yellowstone cutthroat trout population{{cite book |last=Parks |first=Richard |title=Fishing Yellowstone National Park |year=1998 |publisher=Falcon Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=1-56044-625-0 |pages=176–187}}{{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |year=1997 |isbn=1-55821-545-X |pages=67–71}}
• Slough Creek{{cite book |last=Parks |first=Richard |title=Fishing Yellowstone National Park |year=1998 |publisher=Falcon Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=1-56044-625-0 |pages=190–94 }}{{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, CT |year=1997 |isbn=1-55821-545-X |pages=77–81}}
• North Platte River

Quebec

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• Du-Diable River*
• Cache River*
• Doncaster River*
• Du-Nord River*
• Ouareau River*
• Shawinigan River*
• Châteauguay River*
• Yamaska River*
• Nicolet River*,#
• Du-Gouffre River**
• Jacques-Cartier River*
• Momonrency River*
• Malbaie River**
• Etchemin River*
• Kedgwick River**
• Ouelle River**
• Rimouski River**
• A-Mars River**
• Petit-Saguenay River**
• Saint-Jean River**, Saguenay
• Sainte-Marguerite River**
• Aux-Saumon River**
• Aux-Rochers River**
• Des-Escoumins River**
• Godbout River**
• Laval River**
• Moisie River**
• Trinite River**
• Saint-Jean River**, Côte-Nord
• Piashti River**
• Petit-Watshishou River**
• Nabisipi River**
• Nathashquan River**
• Kegaska River**
• Musguaro River**
• Muskanousse River**
• Washicoutai River**
• Gros-Mecatina River**
• Kecarpoui River**
• Coxipi River**
• Saint-Paul River**
• Jupiter River**
• De-la-Chaloupe River**
• Bonaventure River**
• Cap-Chat River**
• Cacapedia River**
• Causapscal River**
• Dartmouth River**
• Grande River**
• Grand-Pabos-Nord River**
• Grand-Pabos-Ouest River**
• Madeleine River**
• Nouvelle River**
• Malbaie River**, Gaspé Peninsula
• Matane River**
• Matapedia River**
• Patapedia River**
• Petit-Cascapedia River**
• Petit-Pabos River**
• Port-Daniel River**
• Restigouche River**
• Sainte-Anne River**
• Saint-Jean River**, Gaspé Peninsula
• York River**

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Ontario

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• Burnt River - smallmouth bass fly fishing river{{cite web|url=http://about-flyfishing.com/library/weekly/aa080200a.htm|title=List|website=About Fly Fishing Library}}
• Credit River
• Grand River - brown trout and other species
• Nipigon River
• Ottawa River
• Saugeen River - smallmouth bass and brown trout fly fishing river{{cite web|url=http://about-flyfishing.com/library/weekly/aa080302a.htm|title=List|website=About Fly Fishing Library}}

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New Brunswick

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• Miramichi River{{cite book |last=Richards |first=David Adams |title=Lines on the Water-A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi |publisher=Doubleday Canada Limited |location=Toronto |year=1998 |isbn=0-385-25696-5}}
• Restigouche River

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Notes:{{cite web |url=https://www.saumonquebec.com/TheRivers/TheRivers.aspx |title=The Rivers (Archived copy) |access-date=2009-06-18|website=Saumon Quebec |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522122713/http://www.saumonquebec.com/TheRivers/TheRivers.aspx |archive-date=2008-05-22 }}

• *Trout
• **Salmon
• #Bass

• {{cite book |last=McClane |first=A. J. |title=Field and Stream International Fishing Guide |publisher=Holt, Rinehart & Winston |location=New York |year=1971 |isbn=9780030801310 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/fieldstreaminter00mccl }}
• {{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |author2=Middleton, Harry |title=Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States |year=1993 |publisher=Odysseus Editions |location=Birmingham, Alabama }}
• {{cite book |last=Ford |first=Pat |title=Best Fly-Fishing Trips Money Can Buy |publisher=Stakepole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |year=2007 |isbn=0-8117-0179-4 }}

• List of fly fishing waters in Europe

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