Local Waters
Ashuelot River (Keene)
Keene, NH · about 55 min from Greenfield (typical, off-peak)
Keene's public trout river.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- NH general-law streams are open Jan 1–Oct 15. Wild trout streams close Labor Day. Confirm the digest for this water. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire freshwater license
- Park
- Keene City Park dam site fishing access and Old Stone Arch Bridge park/cartop.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm the bank and flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the digest for this week.
- Monday conditions
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W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 78° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:04 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:39
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Mostly Sunny · 59°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 1 mph
- 10am: SW 3 mph
- 2pm: SW 7 mph
- dusk: W 6 mph
- Flow
- 127 cfs · 3.23 ft · 12:45 am · Ashuelot River at West Swanzey · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- General law plus a fly-only special on the South Branch in Troy/Swanzey — that is a different pin. Confirm NHFG.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.