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Fly fishing

Nova Scotia

Live flows, weather, snowpack, and stocking for 2 rivers and creeks across 2 regions.

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Nova Scotia's salmon angling now centres on Cape Breton's Margaree, open from June to October for catch and release on a barbless fly, with a fall run that draws anglers from far away. Three of its five salmon fishing areas, the Eastern Shore among them, are closed to salmon angling all year.

Trout fill the rest of the season. The St. Marys on the Eastern Shore is a fly-only brook trout and sea-run brook trout river. A non-resident needs no guide in Nova Scotia.

Steelhead & salmon: rivers with runs, and when each run is in1 salmon river →

Cape Breton

1 river

Margaree River

Eastern Shore

1 river

St. Marys River