By Monte Burke – Forbes Magazine
A brown trout from the Catskills. Forbes photo
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s trout season opens around the U.S., a thought experiment on the top 10 fly fishing states in the country, listed in no particular order
Florida
Florida is hands-down the best saltwater fly fishing destination in the States. The Keys still have big, wary bonefish. They have the wily permit. And they are loaded with tarpon. The Everglades, too, have tarpon, plus redfish and snook and even largemouth bass. Swing around to the Panhandle and you’ll find tarpon and reds. But Florida has some inland jewels as well. Largemouth bass are everywhere, in canals, ditches, lakes and ponds. Disney’s lakes supposedly have enormous bass.
New York
I’m biased. I live here now as a southern expat. But check this out: the state has Montauk, Long Island Sound and all the southern beaches of Long Island which, together, might make for the best striped bass, bluefish and false albacore fishing in the nation. The Catskills – with the Beaverkill, the Willowemoc, the Neversink and the branches of the Delaware – offer the nation’s best trout fishing east of the Rockies. And the Adirondacks have earned their spot in fly fishing lore.
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