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.
- Wednesday conditions
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W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:07 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:37
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Sunny · 54°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 1 mph
- 10am: W 3 mph
- 2pm: W 6 mph
- dusk: W 3 mph
- Flow
- 2300 cfs · 6.49 ft · 1:30 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
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.