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Boundary Waters fly fishing trip
0 waters in the Boundary Waters, Minnesota, have a page here. June, July and August carry the most recorded hatches, 23 insects in June, 21 insects in July and 15 insects in August. In range: 8 blocks of public land with a page of their own and 5 fly shops. Everything below is measured or published — no ranking on this page is ours.
The border-lakes country and the Rainy — canoe water, lake trout, and the streams between the portages.
The water
| Water | Miles | July mean |
|---|
Ordered by mapped length. July mean is measured at the USGS gauges standing in each river; a dash means no gauge on it reports temperature.
Hatches to hit
The months with the most recorded hatches in northern Wisconsin: June (23), July (21), August (15).
| Insect | Months | Hook |
|---|---|---|
| Fish Eggs | October–January and April | #10–16 |
| Little Brown Stonefly | February–April | #12–16 |
| Blue-Winged Olive | March–May and September–November | #16–22 |
| Blackfly | April–June | #18–22 |
| Cranefly | April–June and September–October | #6–10 |
| Grannom | April–May | #14–16 |
| Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie | April–June and September–October | #10–14 |
| Hendrickson | April–May | #12–14 |
| Alderfly | May–June | #10–14 |
| Caterpillar | May–September | #8–14 |
| Crayfish | May–October | #4–8 |
| Giant Black Stonefly (Salmonfly) | May–June | #4–6 |
| Green Sedge | May–August | #12–16 |
| Light Cahill | May–July | #12–16 |
Recorded from northern Wisconsin, earliest first. The year-round records sit at the bottom because they are true and they are not news.
Public land in range
- Kabetogama — 7.5 mi
- Kabetogama Purchase Unit — 9.5 mi
- Lake Jeanette — 23.8 mi
- Hinsdale Island Forest Recreation Area — 29.2 mi
- Koochiching — 32.6 mi
- Littlefork River WMA — 34.7 mi
- Burntside — 36.7 mi
- Sturgeon River — 37.4 mi
Blocks of ground with a page of their own, nearest first. Ownership from PAD-US as Minnesota publishes it.
Camping and lodging
We have campground records for Michigan and for no other state, so there is nothing to list here rather than a list somebody guessed. The public land above is where the dispersed camping is, where the state allows it.
Fly shops
- Voyageur Tackle — 11.9 mi
- Freds Marine Center — 36.8 mi
- Fisherman — 37.2 mi
- Sportsmens Service — 38.3 mi
- Echo Trail Outfitters — 42.2 mi
From OpenStreetMap and a curated list, across all five states on this site. Call before you drive — a shop in a file is not a shop that is open.