Fly Fishing the Clyde River

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Chris Lynch. Fly Fishing the Clyde River

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19 . Clyde river

Location: Northern Vermont, about a 2-hour ride from Burlington; a 1½-hour ride from Montpelier; a 2½-hour ride from Manchester, New Hampshire; and a 3½-hour ride from Boston, Massachusetts. Full-service airports are available in all four cities.

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The Clyde was home to some of the last known Atlantic salmon in New England that made their way to the Atlantic Ocean following the Ice Age. The receding ice left most of these formerly anadromous fish stranded in deep, coldwater lakes. However, by way of the St. Lawrence River, Clyde River salmon made their way to the sea, until dams blocked their passage.

In the early 1900s, anglers traveled by train from all over the Northeast for a chance at the Clyde’s tackle-busting salmon. Fish up to 10 pounds were caught. For close to 50 years, the Clyde River salmon fishery was a large part of the economy of Newport. This

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