Best Oswego River Fly Fishing

Northwest of Syracuse, the Oswego River is becoming more popular with fly fishermen especially for its stocked Chinook Salmon and steelhead trout. The freestone Oswego River is formed by the confluence of the Oneida River and Seneca River just south of Phoenix. The Oswego River flows north into Lake Ontario near the town of Oswego. The river is well known for its Fall and Winter runs of steelhead, lake brown trout and salmon when the river becomes very crowded with fly fishermen.

The most popular section for fly fishing the Oswego River is the last mile before the confluence with Lake Ontario below the dam in Oswego and north of SR104. The Chinook Salmon run starts in late August and finishes in late October. You may also land the occasional Coho Salmon. From late October into November, you may find brown trout as well.

Overall, Oswego River is the 20th most popular fly fishing river of all 29 fly fishing spots in New York.