Welcome to the Shop

Welcome to the North Country Angler, “The Biggest Little Fly Shop in New Hampshire”. We are located in North Conway, New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Washington. The Saco and Ellis Rivers, two of the best fly fishing rivers in the East, are a short cast from our door step. The North Country Angler has been in the “Valley” for over forty years. We are a full service fly shop offering quality fly fishing gear and guiding. In addition to being a licensed Orvis dealer we stock a large selection of other quality name brands. We are authorized dealers for Scott, Temple Fork Outfitters and Echo rods. We are proud to sell Ross, Hardy, Waterworks/Lamson and Hatch reels. Our fly lines include: Rio, Air Flow, Scientific Anglers and Wulff. Other well known brands include: Fishpond, Loon, Dr. Slick and Montana Fly. We have a large selection of Simms waders and boots. With over 700 patterns we have one of the largest selections of flies in New Hampshire. Our fly tying selection is the best in the North Country. HMH, Regal, Peak, Wapsi, Spirit River, Hairline and Whitting to name only a few of the brands we carry. Although we try to post up to date stream reports, in season, on this site please do not hesitate to call us for up to the minute fishing information. All of our staff are licensed New Hampshire fishing guides and stand ready to answer your questions on local conditions as well as any question you may have on equipment. Thank you for visiting our web site and when in the “Valley” please visit us at the shop.

Bill and Janet Thompson

A Double on the Saco

Invasive Species can ruin the environment and cost us billions of dollars. It's up to each of us to take action to protect our waters from being invaded. Fortunately, the best thing we can do is very easy - we must make sure that we are as clean as possible when we move between waters. Be A Clean Angler: Inspect - Clean - Dry

Below are the latest Valley Angler, Fishing Report, Fly Tying and Video Articles

Lost in the Maine Woods

Monday, July 21 2014 @ 09:44 AM EDT

Contributed by: Bill Thompson

Valley Angler
Lost Again in the Maine Woods
By Bill Thompson

It happened again this year, just like it has for at least decades, Rick Davidson and I made our annual fishing excursion once again. I can always tell when school lets out; almost like clock-work Rick will call and a date will be set for the annual event.

Fly Tying 101 - 3 simple leech flies

Thursday, May 01 2014 @ 03:08 PM EDT

Contributed by: Bill Thompson

In this installment we tie 3 Leech Paterns. The Rag Wool Leech, Rabbit Fur Leach and the Gartside Minnow.

April 30 th Fishing Report

Wednesday, April 30 2014 @ 06:28 PM EDT

Contributed by: Bill Thompson

First video fly fishing report of the new year with a short of Janet releasing a big Brook trout.

The NEW North Country Angler

Friday, October 04 2013 @ 03:25 PM EDT

Contributed by: Admin

This is the Admin(Lee Goldsmith) of this NEW web site for the North Country Angler. I want to WELCOME all to the new site and give a short presentation of the features of the site for all registered users. Below I will touch on the features that this site has that will make the site more friendly for all and give some feedback to us about the site.