Deerfly Pond is a 4-acre pocket water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough that it likely holds more interest as a bushwhack destination or a fishing experiment than as a developed recreation site. The name suggests the kind of backwater stillness that draws both brook trout and the insect that inspired it, though no species data is on record and access details are scarce. Ponds this size in the Saranacs often sit tucked between larger bodies of water or just off logging roads that predate the Forest Preserve — worth scouting if you're already in the area with a topo map and low expectations. Bring bug dope.
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