Yes. There's a couple miles of great water downstream of the Gorge. just follow the road a bit and park near the fence and follow the path. That's a great stretch but you may need to hike a bit to get away from the crowds. It is frequented by swimmers, etc especially on the weekends. Others have mentioned the Swift River. I live 5 minutes from the Swift and for all intents and purposes it's my home water. It's a great fishery but can be difficult for out of towners. Often needing to go very small (sz sub 20) and the trout turn very picky a few weeks after being stocked. The fly fishing only section above the rt 9 bridge gets hammered, especially in the summer. Venture 1-2 miles downstream to avoid the same dozen guys standing shoulder to shoulder in the same holes fishing over the same fish day after day. Occasionally you may hit the jackpot and have those spots to yourself, it does happen, but very rare. Seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. Weekdays are better than weekends for that chance. The further downstream you go the better. There is a lot of good water that is always overlooked for those prime well known spots. You also get into quite a bit of native brookies (the state does not stock brookies in the Swift) and there are some monster browns in that slower deeper water downstream with dome pushing double digit weight. These are mostly brood stock browns the state has stocked in the past. I grew up fishing the Swift and do love it, but given the choice, I'll drive the hour to the Westfield branches or some of other good freestones for more solitude. As far as the Gypsy moths, I'm talking about the adults. They don't seem to care for the caterpillers. I've seen them take a few, but not nearly in the numbers as the adults. A 1 -1.5 inch chartreuse San Juan worm makes a good inch worm impression and can be pretty productive in the summer, too. I've tied them with chartreuse foam, too to keep it on the surface. I do not fish the reservoir proper but I do fish right at the mouth where the river dumps into it.
