Sight Casting to a Trophy Photo Credit Randy Hill	Wild Brook Trout from Remote Local Head Waters

Fly Fishing:

The Green Mountains offer some of the finest fly fishing on the east coast. Whether wading for trophy browns and rainbows in our valley rivers or sneaking up on pristine cascading mountain streams for native brookies, Vermont hosts quality and scenic fishing all times of the open season. Our guides specialize in leading trout fishing trips to remote waters teeming with increasingly rare wild and native trout. While casting in hope for a trophy it is not uncommon to see beaver, otter, deer, or even an occasional black bear or moose. We will become a part of the wild beauty while enjoying fantastic fishing.

Vermont Adventure Tours specializes in all types of fly fishing instruction. Classes and seminars are offered in beginning, intermediate, and advanced fly tying.  Beginning fly fishing classes, and fly casting courses are offered by private instruction. We are about as non-intimidating so please do not hesitate to call if you are a beginner.

Trout seasons opens April 10 and closes October 31.

Our Guides know where the fish are and how to teach you to catch them

Local Waters: Our Areas hosts excellent trout fishing in the White River and Otter Creek Water Sheds. Both rivers offer trophy trout water where we target large trout with streamers, terrestrials, and when we are lucky enough to happen upon a hatch we match it. Twenty inch plus lunkers do exist sipping insects and chowing fry selectively in their deep seldom visited holes. The most remote sections of these watersheds are small cold water fisheries that wild brook trout call home. These waters are some of the best wild brook trout water in the United States, as pollution has ruined much of the brookie water in the east Vermont still has phenomenal wild water. These streams offer unparalleled dry fly action, and some of the most scenic waters in the east. Although brookie's seldom reach a huge size nothing beats a thrashing thirteen inch "speckled" brook trout from a mossy mountain cascade hooked on a #14 Adams.

Our Guides Passion for Fishing is evident by there enthusiasm

Our Guides: Our guides are the finest in the area, with an unquenchable passion for not only fishing but also their guiding careers. Our guides have fished water from Alaska to the Rockies to Northern Maine, and of course most importantly they know our local waters like the back of their hands. We are constantly "bushwhacking" in search of the next hot spot. Perhaps the most unique aspect of our guides is that they cover a broad spectrum of adventure activities and education including expedition canoeing, survival skills, even mountaineering, bringing a fresh and knowledgeable attitude and style to each trip. Our guides are experts in local flora and fauna and are all at least certified in Wilderness First Aid if not a higher level of medical training. Our guides are masters at teaching the beginner are are about as non-intimidating as can be.

Our Overnight Trout Fishing Trips are the Experience of a Lifetime

Overnight Back Country Trout Fishing Trips:

Trout at the Source-Our Trout at the Source wading trips are unlike anything offered in New England. We will back track on one of Vermont's finest trout streams to its source usually high in a beaver meadow in the Green Mountains. It is here our adventure will begin as we stalk brook trout trout in the most remote regions of the state surrounded by the stunning mountains, bear, moose, and beaver. We will experience the river as it transforms from from a crystal clear mountain brook, to a dynamic gorge filled with deep pools, and eventually a slow and wide tributary loaded with easily spooked trophy browns and rainbows. All the while we will be camping on the rivers banks. These camps ARE NOT made in campgrounds but rather are a true wilderness experience for the serious angler. Listening to the roaring river while eating a hot gourmet supper watching the risers dimple the surface take an angler and put them back into a different era and in touch with the essence of fly fishing. We offer this trip in a two day and a three day form. Please call for details. Due to our desire to limit impact to these remote areas we offer this trip only a few times a season so inquire early.

Art of the Paddle and Fly- Our guides have become intrigued with the legendary Upper Connecticut River, where trout are huge and the access minimal. This water is steeped in fly fishing culture and history. The river tumbles through the famed and remote North East Kingdom and hosts western style fishing with little pressure. We travel by canoe allowing to target water that is seldom visited. We paddle in a traditional fashion and camp at back country campsites where the brook, brown and rainbows rise literally right out our tent doors. We spend our evenings gathered around the campfire telling fish stories, learning to tie flies, brushing up on skills and learning new ones. The trip allows for lots of one on one instruction and is the ideal way for the adventure seeker to break into fly fishing. The canoe gives us an opportunity to haul lots of gear and great food ( our guides are master wilderness chefs). Learning to tie flies by lantern light on the shores of a rural Vermont river after a stellar day of fishing is truly a unique experience. We offer a one three day overnight version and a five day long version. This trip is a true rarity and is only offered twice a year so if you are interested call soon!

These trips are not only limited offerings with only a few are offered each year, but also our cut off is six clients so be sure to ask and jump on them early

Vermont Adventure Tours Fly Fishing School

The guides at Vermont Adventure Tours are educators. We offer a hands on fly fishing educational experience that is hard to beat. Our one day course covers the basics such as how to cast, fly selection , how to read water, trout behavior, how to dress, what to expect, trout identification, ethics and more! This class will prepare you to go fishing in a way that ensures you are educated, safe , and responsible. We are sure to offer on water experience during our fly fishing workshops. Our class room is of course waterside giving us the best learning environment possible. Our two day course takes our basic course a step further. We expand upon all topics in our one day course plus we cover entomology ( the study of bugs), learn fly tying, advanced water reading, how to stalk the trout, and conservation. Our two day course offers on the water intensive instruction allowing you to put your newly acquired knowledge to the test with the help of our talented guides eager to help you work out the kinks. With a little beginners luck you may land a trophy. Our guides are non intimidating and love nothing more than watching a person develop into a fly fisherman. If you are looking for an even more intensive educational experience or are up for a bit more adventure investigate our Art of the Paddle and Fly trip. We recommend one of our clinics if you have never been fly fishing before or are looking to really understand the art of fly fishing.

License:

All participants will need a current Vermont State Fishing License. A one day non-resident is $15.00, a three day non-resident is $20.00 and a year is $41.00. A resident three day is $10.00 a year is $20.00. Licenses are available at www.vermontfishandwildlife.com

Prices: Full Day Fly Fishing with a Guide.  Prices includes transportation, and equipment.

Half Day Fly Fishing with a Guide. Prices includes transportation, and equipment.  Half day trips are 3 hours.

Click here to learn more about our guides. Please call 802-773-3343 or email Vermont Adventure Tours for more information.