Bryson City Fly Shop and Guide Service
Fly Fishing the Smokies is Bryson City and the Smoky Mountain’s Best Fly Shop and Guide Service! We offer private all inclusive Guided Fly Fishing trips daily out of Bryson City and the Smoky Mountains. Since 1999, Fly Fishing the Smokies has guided anglers on the most beautiful trout streams in North Carolina and Tennessee. Discover the majestic streams and mountains with the Smokies’ most experienced Outfitter and Guides. Along with an awesome guide service, we have a fully stocked Fly Shop in downtown Bryson City loaded with everything you need for a great time fishing around the Smoky Mountains. We’re tying flies and telling lies with the best of them!
For Reservations call (828)-488-7665 or Book Online!
Be sure to check out our Seasonal Specials!
2024 Fly Fishing Outfitter of the Year!
Fly Fishing the Smokies is the region’s premier guide service and fly shop. We maintain a well stocked outfitter store in downtown Bryson City North Carolina and an Outfitter location in Gatlinburg Tennessee. 6 time winner of Blue Ridge Outdoor Magazine’s Best of the Blue Ridge for top Fly Fishing Guide Service, and for top Fly Shop and Outfitter (2018-2022, 2024). Fly Fishing the Smokies also won the 2021 Best of the South from Southern Living Magazine.
Bryson City Fly Shop
Fly Fishing the Smokies is proud to call Bryson City home! We are the largest family owned, local, Fly Shop Outfitter and Guide Service in the Smoky Mountains. Our Fly Shop is stocked with everything you need for a day on the water around the Smoky Mountains region, including the Tuckasegee and Nantahala Rivers.
Guided Fly Fishing Trips
For 20 years our professional guides have taught thousands of people to fly fish on the best rivers and streams available in the Smoky Mountains. We offer private all inclusive Wade Trips, Drift Boat Trips, Fontana Lake Fishing, and Backcountry Camping Trips. Your choice of Half Day, and Full Day Trips. Fly Fishing the Smokies offers the most guided expeditions inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We guide the bucket list trips including Hazel Creek, Forney Creek, and those streams located in the remote back country of the park. Our staff provides a great day of guided fishing and instruction, along with all necessary gear and equipment, without the price gouge!
Bryson City Fly Fishing Capitol of the South
Our Fly Shop sits in the middle of downtown Bryson City where a river runs through it. Rated as one of the Top 10 Mountain Towns in America by virtually every outdoor publication, Bryson City is your best location for adventure! Swain County is 86% Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Nantahala National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway. With all those protected mountains surrounding us, there is some great fishing in the cold trout filled water that flows everywhere you look. Two of Trout Unlimited’s Top 100 Rivers in America are right here near town, the Nantahala River and the Tuckasegee River. Plus we have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Fontana Lake. It’s no wonder why Bryson City is the best town for Fly Fishing in the South.
Hazel Creek Fly Fishing
Fly Fish the legendary Hazel Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fly Fishing the Smokies offers Guided Day Trips on world famous Hazel Creek fly fishing for wild trout! This is the wildest, most scenic trout stream in the Smokies. Widely considered the bucket list stream of the Smoky Mountains and easily the most historically steeped region of the park! Solitude, unrivaled beauty and wild trout sums up a day on Hazel Creek.
Guided Trips for Smoky Mountain Brook Trout
New for Summer of 2024, Backcountry Brook Trout guided trips in the Smoky Mountains with the guides at Fly Fishing the Smokies! We offer exclusive backcountry guided trips for the native Southern Appalachian Brook trout in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and various streams outside of the park boundary. This is a specialty Full Day Wade trip for either one or two guests per guide. Join our guides as we take you to some of our most favorite Brook trout streams. All fishing is catch and release!
Fontana Lake Fishing Guides
Fly Fishing the Smokies offers guided Bass Fishing on Fontana Lake near Bryson City. Fontana Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes in the south, surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains and full of fish! Fontana is loaded with Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Spotted Bass and Largemouth. Our guests fish with Capt. Ryan Laws in a tournament rigged bass boat. We fish artificial lures and practice catch and release only. Book a guided fishing trip on Fontana Lake and let Capt. Ryan put you on the fish!
Summer Fishing Trips
We offer multiple seasonal specials for Summer Fly Fishing! Summer is when the Smoky Mountain trout bite hits it’s peak. Fantastic dry fly fishing for wild trout deep inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park! These are the prettiest streams and most beautiful trout we have in the entire region! Our 2hr Fly Fishing Fun Trip is perfect for families and people on the go wishing to pack as many activities into their vacation as possible! We get you on the water chasing trout as quickly as possible to maximize your time in the mountains! Back by popular demand, our 5hr Summer Trout Special will have you hitting the top fisheries in the region during the best times of day. Or choose a 5hr Float Trip Special on the Tuckasegee River and catch trout and smallmouth bass from the comfort of drift boats and rafts on a western sized river!
Let Fly Fishing the Smokies guide you on our home waters near Bryson City, and show you the best fly fishing action the Smoky Mountains have to offer!
For Reservations call (828)-488-7665 or Book Online!
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157 Everett Street, Bryson City NC