Where have you been ??

[Matt / PA]

Aaron's post about "Name that River" got me to thinking about everywhere I have fished for trout......I mean legitimate, named, trout waters (small native brookie streams excluded).

Best that I can come up with is 66 places? Man it seemed like a lot more but when I say "66" it sure seems like a drop in the bucket when you consider how much good trout water there really is out there in this country.
Sure there are places on that list that many would give their left (you pick ) to fish and I know some of these waters very well, but I'm feeling like a slacker. Might have to pick a couple new destination waters this year to add to the list.(Or maybe go to visit an old friend)

Anyone else catalog all the trout waters they've actually fly fished? I wonder how many waters we have in common, have shared and maybe fished at the same time.

Here's mine:
Upper Yellowstone River Y.P
Lower Yellowstone River MT (YP to Livingston)
Yellowstone Lake Y.P.
Upper Madison Y.P
Lower Madison MT
Armstrong’s Spring Creek MT
Depuy’s Spring creek MT
Nelson’s Spring Creek MT
Benhart’s Spring Creek MT
Slough Creek Y.P. (All 3 meadows)
Lamar River Y.P.
Soda Butte Creek Y.P.
Gibbon River Y.P.
Firehole River Y.P.
Cascade Lake Y.P.
Henry’s Fork Snake River ID
Buffalo River ID
Boulder River MT
Bighorn River MT
Hebgen Lake MT
Gardiner River Y.P.
Silver Creek ID
Green River UT
Spearfish Creek SD
Rapid Creek SD
Tom Miner Creek MT
Rams Horn Lake MT
Merrell Lake MT
West Branch Ausable NY
Beaverkill River NY
East Branch Delaware NY
West Branch Delaware NY/PA
Mainstem Delaware NY/PA
Salmon river NY
Little Schuylkill River PA
Deep Creek PA
Quittipahilla Creek PA
Pine Creek (Schuylkill Co.) PA
Bear Creek PA
Clarks Creek PA
Stoney Creek PA
West Branch Schuylkill River PA
Little Lehigh Creek PA
Tulpehocken creek PA
Cedar Run (Lehigh. Co). PA
Big Pine Creek PA
Little Pine Creek PA
Slate Run PA
Cedar run PA
Big Fishing Creek PA
Penns creek PA
Logan Branch PA
Spring creek PA
Bald Eagle Creek PA
Spruce Creek PA
Letort Sp. Run PA
Elk creek PA
Big Spring PA
Yellow Breeches PA
Muddy Creek PA
Codorus Creek PA
Donegal springs PA
Kettle Creek PA
Young woman’s creek PA
Lower Pine Bottom PA
Youghigheny River PA

[Brookie]

Wow - this really got me thinking! I'm sure there's a bunch I left off, and my list would pale in comparison to Aaron's or Davy's or Torrey's, but here is my quick list:

Housatonic - CT
Farmington - CT
Naugatuck - CT
Shepaug - CT
Salmon - CT
Willamantic - CT
Hammonassett - CT
10 Mile - CT
WB Delaware - NY
Willowemoc - NY
Salmon - NY
both Sandy cks - NY
Cattarraugus - NY
Chautaqua - NY
Oak Orchard - NY
AuSable - NY
18 Mile (2) - NY
10 Mile - NY
Connecticut - NH & VT
Penobscot R - ME
Mettawee - VT
Dog - VT
Mad - VT
New Haven - VT
Winooski - VT
Black - VT
Saxton - VT
Battenkill - VT
'Quechee - VT
Willoughby - VT
Deerfield - VT
Deerfield - MA
Swift - MA
Housatonic - MA
Farmington - MA
Westfield - MA
20 MIle - PA
Little Juniata - PA
Young Woman's - PA
Pine - PA
Fishing Cr. - PA
Elk - PA
Walnut - PA
20 Mile - PA
16 Mile - PA
Kettle - PA
Trail Cr. - In
Big Manistee - MI
Little Manistee - MI
Pere Marquette - MI
Ontonagon River - MI
Escanaba - MI
Paint R. - MI
Big Two Hearted River - MI
Platte R - MI
West Fork Kickapoo - WI
Tainter Cr. - WI
Bohemia Valley Cr. - WI
Timber Coulee - WI
Sugar Cr. - WI
Mill Cr - WI
Knapp Cr - WI
Rush R. - WI
Kinnickinick R. - WI
Both forks of the Bad Axe - WI
Big Green - WI
Rullands Coulee Creek - WI
Davidson - NC
Natahala - NC
Tuckaseegee River - NC
Santeetlah Cr - NC
Deep Cr - NC
Forney Cr - NC
Hazel Cr - NC
Watauga -NC

[Matt / PA]

Brookie, Nice list.......guessing you like Steelhead too.
We must must both be from the NE and yet out of almost 150 waters listed between us surpisingly we only share 9 of them.

[TexasChris]

The only place I know I've fished for trout that probably no one else on here has is Iowa. It's also actually one of my favorite places to fish for trout.

[Brookie]

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The only place I know I've fished for trout that probably no one else on here has is Iowa. It's also actually one of my favorite places to fish for trout.
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Iowa is right in that driftless area. I've never fished it, but it's supposed to be very good. I know they rely more on stocking there than in neighboring Wisconsin.

[TexasChris]

My father has a farm in north western Iowa with a spring creek stream that runs right along the back of his property. I believe they do stock a lot of their streams, the one that runs along his property has some gorgeous naturally reproducing bows. I believe they do or have stocked the stream, but there are LOTS of wild fish in it.




I also have a picture of about a 5 pound bow that I took out of there when i was about 16 laying around somewhere.

There are some really big fish to be had there, and there is little to no fishing pressure on a lot of the Iowa trout streams.

[LopatNympher]

Seein how I am probably the least experienced fly fisherman on the board I included water that I have fished with spinning tackle. These have an asterisk next to them.

!) Lopatcong Creek-NJ
2) Pohatcong Creek-NJ
3) Musky-NJ
4) *Pequest-NJ
5) *Spring Mill Creek-NJ
6) *Bushkill Creek-PA
7) *Pine Creek-PA
8 *Deer Creek-PA
9) *Slippery Rock Creek-PA
10) *Buffalo Creek-PA
11) *Bull Creek-PA
12) *Little Shenango River-PA
13) *Tionesta Creek-PA
14) *Little Sandy Creek-PA
15) *Grand River-OH
16) *Chagrin River-OH
17) *Cold Creek-OH
and last but not least-----
18) *A little stream near Middlebury VT that I can't remember the name of. It was THE coldest stream I ever fell into...lol

Most of the PA streams I fished alongside my father when I was a kid. I blame him for my fishing obsession.

[LopatNympher]

I forgot about the SB Raritan in my post. I caught my first trout flyfishing there last year.

[Flyfisher]

I know i missed a few but here is my list. I have never left PA. No need to drive across states when the fishing is great in your back yard.

1: Clarion River, PA
2: West Branch Clarion, PA
3: East Branch Clarion, PA
4: Big Mill Creek ( Elk County) PA
5: Elk Creek (Elk County) PA
6: Spring Creek (Elk County) PA
7: Letort Spring Run PA
8: Yellow Breeches PA
9: Spring Creek (Elk County) PA
10: Spring Creek (Centre County)PA
11: Big Spring PA
12: Clarks Creek PA
14: Kinzua Creek PA
15: Allegheny River PA
16: Tionesta PA
17: Powers Run PA
18: Kettle Creek PA
19: Portage Creek PA
20: Driftwood ranch of the Sinnamahoning
21: Elk Creek (Elk County) PA
22: West Creek (Elk County) PA
23: First Fork of the Sinnamahoning PA
24: Red Bank Creek PA
25: North Fork Of Redbank PA
26: Sandylick Creek PA
27: Little Toby Creek PA
28: Buffalo Creek PA
29: Traverse Creek PA
30: Crooked Creek PA
31: Little Juniata PA
32: Lycoming Creek PA
33: Little Piney Creek PA
34: Yellow Creek PA
35: Two Lick Creek PA
36: Little Mahoning Creek
37: South Branch Two Lick Creek PA
38: Clear Creek PA
39: Fivemile Run PA
40: Little Sandy Creek PA
41: Mill Creek (Jefferson County) PA
42: Cathers Run PA
43: West Branch Susquehanna River PA
44: Little Clearfield Creek PA
45: South Branch Brady Run PA
46: Medix Run PA
47: Wykoff Run PA
48: West Branch of Hicks Run PA
49: East Branch of Hicks Run PA
50: Cross Forks PA
51: East Fork PA

[LopatNympher]

Flyfisher,
Is that the same Red Bank Creek that empties into the Allegheny? Many of those PA creeks you listed look very familiar to me, I may have fished them with my father but that was many years ago.