South Holston River Float Trip
The South Holston River is famous for its sulfur dry fly hatches and abundant brown trout. Its also known to be quite humbling, the trout are there, and we consider it our specialty to make them bite. Ever had a 10 incher on only to have your heart jump when a shadow the length of your arm wakes out of no where chasing behind it...... 5 to 6000 trout per river mile all browns are wild fish!

Jack Prater has done our shuttle now for over ten years and is an asset to the river, with the River's Way becoming private and many land owners posting river access, float fishing out of our Hyde Drift Boat is on taps to be the best way to fish this river from top to bottom.

The upper and lower ends offer alluring trophy trout. We recommend the South Holston River for intermediate to advanced anglers but can be productive for any angler, nymph fishing year round. Our favorite of course is the dry fly tactics, during the sulphur hatch but dont count out chuck and duck tactics with streamers looking to turn those big heads! Call today for current fishing conditions on the river or to plan a trip to the southeast's best tailwater.

Watauga River Float Trip
A Quality Trout Zone full of hungry rainbows and browns has become the most popular float trip in our area. With 23 miles of fishable river there are plenty of options to escape the crowds and float this scenic river for some fantastic fly fishing action. Our take on this ever changing river has become to "float when the crowd dont." The upper section holds lots of fish in the spring time near the bee cliffs, and has produced some monster brown trout during high water trips. 
 
Still our favorite home water float, the scenery and flowing riffles makes the lower end and trophy section a fly anglers paradise. Nymph, dry fly, streamer we will catch lots of rainbows and browns on the "Watauga." The word comes from the Cherokee, who had several towns so named, including one at present-day Elizabethton, TN. The meaning is "beautiful water."

Mothers Day Caddis Hatch! Come fish this river and see what all the buzz is about, swing em, dead drift em, tie on a black one, olive one, strip em.....these fish go nuts when the hatch is on. This can be some of the most productive days on the water.

Stripers and smallmouth are also found in the lower stretch of this tailwater and we will target these fish when they are present in the river.

Smallmouth Rivers Nolichucky – Holston River
Scenic mountain views and hungry smallmouth, both of these beautiful rivers offer fun fishing for everyone spin or fly. Like sight fishing? You can see the tail of our river smallies when first spotted in the crystal clear water. Its an exciting way to fish. Let our smallmouth river trips get into your blood and you wont wanna stop.

Catching lots of smallmouth, just not much size to them? Heres a tip, we use bigger baits, I mean big... try a slower retrieve if the fish arent as active, and keep changing it up until you find the right bait that works! River Smallies can be a thrill on spin or fly, but the majority of bigger ones are taken with crankbaits, swimbaits, etc.

Musky Anglers, bring your "mepps musky killer" Its a monster looking chartreuse crankbait that will get that musky off the bank....just dont forget a steel leader! Certain sections of the Nolichucky and French Broad can produce these elusive giants.

Tailwater Wade Trip
Bring you’re A game as we stalk big browns cruising the grass lines for anything that crosses their path, blue wing olive hatches, midge, black fly patterns, and of course the ever present sulphur hatches put you right on top of em...imagine trout rising everywhere around you! Downstream presentations and long leaders help when wading the tailwaters, let us show you a few tricks...

Small Stream Wade Trip
Hiking into small streams can be a dry fly action packed adventure. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia's small streams in the blue ridge and smoky mountains such as Helton Creek, Boones Creek, Tuckasegee, Elk Creek, Laurel Fork Falls, Rocky Fork, Frog Level, and Beaverdamn Creek are all within a short drive from Elizabethton. 7 1/2ft rods are a must in most of these small streams but their are plenty of eager brook trout, browns, and rainbow to make the trek worthwhile.

Half Day Fly Fishing School
Well make the basics of fly fishing and the fun of catching fish simplified for anyone to enjoy this outing. A typical school consists of about an hour of FFF certified fly casting instruction, followed by on stream fishing tactics, entomology and fly pattern choice, knot tying and landing trout on the fly. The school takes place in beautifull Roan Mountain state park on the Doe River or one of our nearby trout streams sure to get you hooked on fly fishing Tennessee!

All Full Day Trips Include a hot shore lunch.
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Your host has been a professional guide here in Northeast TN and Western NC since 1999, specializing in tail water trout and smallmouth float fishing in TN, as well as fly fishing adventure travel. With 5 summers spent in Alaska and 10+ years of professional guiding experience here in Tennessee as well as guiding with outfitters in Colorado, Montana, the Bahamas and Alaska