How far to your home water?

[Mike Thomas]

Hi Guys, living in Auckland NZ the closest good stream fishing is about 2 hours away. I have recently found a few spots for salt water fly in the middle of the city, so can be fishing within 20 minutes of leaving work. Here it is at low tide http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Meol...kland&t=h&z=14
How far do you travel to fish your local Home water?
All the best.
Mike

[sagefisher]

Mike,

If 'Home' is where the heart is, then I am 417 miles from my home waters, the Clark Fork River in western Montana.

Otherwise, the best river fishing 'near' me is the Yakima River in eastern Washington, about 120 miles from me.

95% of my fishing is done in those two areas.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[Lotech]

When I was able to wade freestone rivers, I called the St. Joe in Northern Idaho my "Home Waters." My camp spot there is 110 miles from my driveway. Now that I fish only stillwaters, my "Home Waters" are 3 miles to one lake, and 11 miles to the other.

[Crotalus]

Takes me about 20 minutes to get to one of my favorites.

[sharps]

20 minutes to three, an hour to two more.

[BigA]

I can reach my home "rivers" in a forty five to a ninety minute drive depending upon which river I want to fish for river smallmouth bass. I often fish in local ponds and lakes that are much closer.

[Big Bad Wulff]

I don't call anything my "home water". I go where I feel like going and that can be a pond, lake, stream or river. But the closest I'd call a "home water" would be the Little Red river in Arkansas and that is like 3.5 hours away. Many choices much closer for other fish.

[ScottP]

For trout, my "home" water is 50 miles away. Lots of bass ponds and smallmouth creeks closer. For saltwater, closest water I fish without a boat is 85 miles.

Regards,
Scott

[Silver Creek]

About 20 miles to

[Ron Eagle Elk]

About 20 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by car to the Nisqually River that holds resident Cutthroat all year, a nice fall run of Sea Run Cutthroat, a fall/winter run of Salmon and once in a while a steelhead takes a wrong turn and winds up in my home waters.