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best, and most popular, fly fishing available in the Northeast.

The Northeast’s primary saltwater species—striped bass or stripers—can be found up and down the coast. I have chosen a few destinations based on their overall quality and reliability.

Smallmouth bass are popular gamefish in the Northeast. In many areas they are the only game in town. They also offer season-long fishing in areas where the trout fishing falls off in the summer due to warm water. As such, they deserve a place in the book, and they get one. So do pike, which have gained in popularity over the last decade.

Last but not least, while clearly not as popular with today’s fly fishers as moving water, lakes and ponds deserved to be covered to at least some degree. I looked at stillwaters across species, giving coverage wherever I felt it most warranted.

So this is how the list, and by default the book, came to be. I hope you enjoy what is presented and find the information useful for years to come.

Note that waters are presented from north to south and east to west by state, and then north to south and east to west within states. This was done to provide some level of geographic continuity so that readers could easily locate the waters closest to them, or closest to a given area.

A Quick Word on Infrastructure

In a sincere attempt to provide the reader with some level of help in regard to locating fly shops, outfitters, guides, lodging, and food, we have included some general contact information pertaining to each.

This is by no means an all-inclusive list, nor necessarily even a best-of list—just what was available to us at the time the book was written. Lack of inclusion does not imply anything about a given business—just that we were unable to include it due to space, access to accurate contact information, knowledge that it existed, or that we simply forgot it.

It is also important to note that businesses come and go—especially these days. Businesses that have been there for decades can close overnight and without warning. New businesses pop up to take their places. Addresses, phone numbers, websites, and email addresses can change as well. Businesses change hands. And like fisheries, businesses can go through good times and bad times.

Be sure to contact businesses ahead of time to make sure they will be there to serve you when you arrive. In addition, it never hurts to search around the Internet a bit to see if any new businesses have come to the area since the book was written, or were missed by the author, editor, or contributor, or were left out due to space limitations.