Local Waters
Wrightsville Reservoir
Montpelier, VT · about 61 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The capital-region public reservoir.
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 Wrightsville Reservoir access on the Middlesex / East Montpelier line.
- 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.
- Saturday conditions
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NW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 74° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:46
- Wind at dawn
- NW 2 mph · Mostly Cloudy · 57°F
- Wind later
-
- dawn: NW 2 mph
- 10am: N 3 mph
- 2pm: NE 3 mph
- dusk: E 3 mph
- Next dawn (Sunday)
- NE 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · NE 2 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- State fishing access. Confirm VT Fish & Wildlife.
Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
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.
The Fly Rod Shop — book a day
Stowe, VT · wade / boat · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Northern Vermont public rivers and ponds
Shop desk. We do not take the money.