Otter Creek Vermont Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail.
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Type of Stream
Freestone and Tailwaters
Species
Brown Trout (wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Brook Trout (native, wild and stocked
with holdovers)
Rainbow (wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Size
Small to Large
Location
Southwestern Vermont
Nearest Towns
Dorset
Mt. Tabor
Danby
Season
Mid April – October
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Vermont
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The season follows the standard Vermont trout season -see season on the left in areas and is open year-round in the lower (northern) areas.
Spring:
There are many hatches that occur in the Spring, depending on the exact location, but high water can sometimes be a problem.
Summer:
Summertime is a good time for fishing where in the cold water tributaries and upper section of the river.
Fall:
Early Fall is a great time for fly fishing Otter Creek.
Winter:
The lower section below dams and the confluence of spring water tributaries offers some fine opportunities for
trout during the Winter.
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Otter Creek Vermont
Otter Creek is actually a river that’s the state’s longest. It’s a major Vermont stream that’s about 112 miles long that begins in the Green Mountain National Forest on Mt. Tabor near the little town of Peru. From there it flows into Emerald Lake. On its way to Lake Champlain, Otter Creek passes through several towns and cities. Along its way, some tributary streams that are in fact, rivers flow into Otter Creek. Fly fishing Otter Creek varies greatly depending on the exact location you are fishing.
The upper section of Otter Creek is brook trout water. Several streams flowing from the Green Mountains as well as the Taconic Mountain ranges form Otter Creek. Most of the streams are spring fed.
All in all, Otter Creek and its tributaries have excellent stream-bred trout reproduction but it is supplemented by stocking by the state of Vermont Fish and Wildlife
Department.
Some parts of the river are rather remote and some very accessible. The stream flows northerly along State Route #7 in Dorset and Wallingford. There are several access points along the way that provides trails to Otter Creek.
Several of Otter Creek’s tributaries offer fine trout fishing. The New Haven River, Middlebury River, Neshobe River and Furnace Brook are four of them. These streams hold brook, rainbow and brown trout. Wild brown trout are common.
Lower Otter Creek offers a very diverse fishery. There are warm water tributaries and cold water tributaries with mixed species of fish. It is fairly large in its lower section. The dams and cold water tributaries offers the trout fishing opportunities. The lower section is open to fishing year-round.