Northeast
Deerfield River
Live Conditions
Deerfield River — Near Rowe (below Fife Brook Dam)
Live Conditions
Deerfield River — At Charlemont (middle section)
24-Hr Pressure
27.97 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
🌦️Drizzle
74° / 52°
Tomorrow
🌧️Rain
61° / 45°
0.27"
Thu
🌦️Drizzle
49° / 38°
0.01"
Fri
🌦️Drizzle
51° / 35°
0.01"
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Deerfield River · May · Late Spring
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Hendrickson tail end. CADDIS PEAK (size 14-16). March Browns. Sulphurs (size 16-18) building. Best dry-fly month — schedule around releases.
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About Deerfield River
Western Massachusetts's crown jewel tailwater, cutting through a dramatic gorge from Fife Brook Dam in Rowe down through Charlemont before flattening into the Connecticut River Valley. Controlled FirstLight Power releases keep the water cold year-round, supporting exceptional densities of wild and holdover brown and rainbow trout. The upper catch-and-release stretch below Fife Brook Dam is one of New England's premier trout fisheries.
Regulations
Upper C&R section (Fife Brook Dam downstream 1.5 miles to Hoosac Tunnel railroad bridge): artificial lures only, all fish must be released, open year-round. Lower C&R section (Pelham Brook downstream to Mohawk Campground): same restrictions. Standard MA trout season and 12" minimum / 3-fish daily limit apply outside designated C&R sections. Dam-controlled flows can surge from ~125 CFS to 1,000+ CFS within hours — always check the FirstLight Power daily release schedule at safewaters.com (Fife Brook facility) before wading. CFS alone does not indicate fishability — check dam release schedules.