Hoosic
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Running from the VT/MA border in a roughly northwesterly direction for a half
dozen or so odd miles before exiting the state through the VT/NY border, the
Hoosic is our southern-most (and oft overlooked) trout-fishery in our chapter's
geographic region.
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This page is merely a start. We'll post more information on the Hoosic as we
collect and compose it. If you'd like to contribute something - whether photos,
a river report, or a brief stream description, send it our way (see contact info
for email addresses) and we'll post it here.
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Useful resources:
- DeLorme Vermont Atlas & Gazeteer. pp. 20-21
- "Flyfisher's Guide to Northern New England (Vermont, New Hamphire &
Maine)", Steve Hickoff and Rhey Plumley, Wilderness Adventures Flyfishing
Guidebook.
- "Trout Streams of Northern New England: An Angler's Guide to the Best
Fly-Fishing in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine", David Klausmeyer, A
Backcountry Guide.
- "Fishing Vermont's Streams and Lakes: A guide to the Green Mountain State's
Best Trout and Bass Waters", Peter F. Camman, Backcountry Publications,
Woodstock, Vermont.
- "Vermont Trout Streams", ed. by Lawton Weber, Northern Cartographic. pp. 76-77
- "Flyfisher's Guide to New York", Eric Newman, Wilderness Adventures
Flyfishing Guidebook. pp. 207, 209
- "Trout Streams of Southern New England: An Angler's Guide to the Best
Fly-Fishing in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island", Tom Fuller, A
Backcountry Guide. pp. 27-29
- The Berkshire County Fly
Fishers Club is an organization dedicated to flyfishing, based in
Northwestern MA, that includes the Hoosic in their home turf. Be sure to check
out their web site for more details -- especially on the MA side of the border.
They also host two other websites: the The
Berkshire Angler and The
Berkshire Fly Fishing News Service.
- The Hoosuck Chapter of TU is based in
Northwestern corner of MA. The chapter is recently reorganized and working to get
itself back in action. Check out their site for additional details.
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Don't forget, several of the streams in our Southwestern corner of Vermont,
such as the Walloomsac, Hoosic, Batten Kill, Mettawee, and Poultney aren't bound
by state lines and there is often good fishing to be found on the "other" side
of the border, which explains why there are some non-VT-specific resources
and references listed above. More importantly, keep it legit and get yourself
properly licensed in whichever state your angling explorations take you before
you wet a line.
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