Matthew Dickerson's Links, Tips, and Recommendations For great fishing around the world... Vermont, Alaska, Montana, Chile, & Spain

		ALASKA If you want to fly-fish for big salmon and trout, with a wilderness experience, you won't find a better guide than Brad Roche's Chilaska lodge. Great wilderness setting, expert guides, and phenomenal fishing for King Salmon, Sockeyes, big Rainbows, and Char. For a pictorial tour of what Chilaska has to offer, check out my slide show!
SPAIN My two-day fly-fishing trip was set up for me by Nick at Gourmet Fly. He specializes in fishing trips and country holidays in France and Spain. He did a great job setting me up with a knowledgable local guide, and also handled travel directions and lodging. For a pictorial tour of what Spain has to offer (and what Gourmet Fly set up for me), check out my slide show!		FISHING VERMONT? You can check out the hot tips below, or look into my Vermont guide service page.
	MONTANA BY FLY There are two places to go on the Big Horn River. I've done them both, and been thoroughly impressed by both the river and the service. For a complete lodge, try the Eagle Nest Lodge in Hardin, Montana. If you want a less expensive route--a one day guide, or rental of a drift boat to guide yourself,or maybe you are just looking for lodging--try the Big Horn Fly Shop. Check out my slide show!	CHILE Once again, I have to recommend Brad Roche's Chilaska lodge. He has several options available depending on where and how you want to fish.

Where to Fish in Vermont?

Sorry to say, but the details of exactly where I caught these fish are a little sketchy. If you know what I mean. After all, my favorite spots (such as the location of the mystery image to the right) are already more crowded than I'd like. If I start advertising them on the web, well... you know what happens... if you want to hire me to guide you, maybe but....

On the other hand, I am to speak in a few broad generalities on a few of my favorite places:

The New Haven River	I live about 100 yards from this (too) well-known Vermont river, so I fish it more than any other. It has produced some brown trout in the 18" range for me, and has been known to grown some bigger than 20". The big browns tend to dwell in the downstream portions near the confluence with Otter Creek. From Otter Creek about 7 miles up to the falls in Bristol is primarily brown and rainbow trout water. Most (though not all) of my fishing is upstream in Bristol where one can find a plethora of small to mid-sized rainbows, and way upstream (above Bartlett falls) in Lincoln where it is a brook trout stream only. Not the biggest fish of any river around, but the upper brook trout portions are unrivaled for picturesque Vermont beauty.
	The Middlebury River   Very similar to the New Haven, except that the "lower stretch" where the rainbows and browns dwell is much shorter. Doesn't seem to be fished quite as heavily as the New Haven. Also isn't stocked quite as heavily... Several branches of the river above the gorge are full of very small native brookies.
Otter Creek	Most people don't think of the Otter Creek as a trout stream. Indeed, most of the water downstream of Rutland is warm water fisheries. But the Middlebury and New Haven rivers dump some cold water in, and a few dams tend to cool things off. You can catch browns and rainbows above and below the falls in Middlebury. Below Beldon Falls is a nice stretch for bigger fish, and probably has the best dry-fly fishing for sizeable trout in Addison County.
Mad River	It's worth a trip over the mountains once or twice a summer. Downstream gets pretty warm, and doesn't hold many trout through the summer. I like to fish up closer to Waitsfield. It's one of the streams where I often catch a full house (rainbow, brown, and brookie all in the same morning.)
Silver Lake and Goshen Dam	This is where I go when I want to fish from my float tube. Goshen Dam is pretty iffy. You can drive into it, and it gets fished VERY hard all summer long. Only about 20% of my trips there produce any fish. But on a calm October afternoon, it can on rare occasions be wonderful. Silver Lake is a bit bigger. It is fished hard from the shore, but only a few people bother to port canoes in, so if you hike in a float tube and get more than 50' from shore you can get some nice dry fly fishing.