Local Waters
Connecticut River (Old Ferry Road)
Brattleboro, VT · about 45 min from Greenfield (typical, off-peak)
Brattleboro's state ramp on the Connecticut.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Legal harvest season. Small streams get skinny. Official VT Fish & Wildlife wins. Official rule
- License
- Vermont fishing license
- Park
- VT F&W Old Ferry Road concrete ramp. Putney Landing and Dummerston plank ramps upstream.
- 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.
- Thursday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:08 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:35
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 46°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: NE 2 mph
- dusk: N 5 mph
- Flow
- 2120 cfs · 6.37 ft · 5:30 am · Connecticut River at North Walpole · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Interstate water. License follows your feet. Confirm VT / NH interstate rules.
Border river. Your license is for the state under your boots.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.