Fishing
Stonewood Cabin is centrally located between many of the best trout streams in the state. In addition to the great trout streams, several wonderful lakes and rivers are nearby.
GUIDE SERVICE
DANIEL BOONE - NANTAHALA FLY FISHING COMPANY
Contact: Daniel Boone
Website: www.flyfishnorthcarolina.com
Phone: (828) 479-8850
- Guided Wade Trips
- "No Fish, No Pay" Guarantee on guided wade trips
- Fly Fishing Instruction (all levels, including entomology)
- Team Building & Corporate Outings
- Custom Built Fly Rods
ENDLESS RIVER ADVENTURES
Contact: Ken Kastorff
Website: www.endlessriveradventures.com
Phone: (800) 224-7238
- Guided Drift Boat Trips
- Guided Oar Raft Trips
- Stream Side or Wet Wading with guide
- Fly Fishing Instructions
- Outfitters Store
J.E.B. HALL
Contact: J.E.B. Hall
Website: www.thewncflyguide.com
Phone: 828-508-3651
Email: doublehall@gmail.com
- Guided Raft Trips
- Guided Wade Trips
- Guided Kayak Trips
- Fly Fishing or Spin Fishing
153 CHARTERS
Contact: Captain James McManus
Phone: (828) 421-8125
Website: www.153charters.com
153 Charters is captained by James McManus, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed charter boat captain. Captain McManus focuses on the area lakes, but will combine trips to include some fly-only stream trips into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. He can accommodate up to three people. Methods are dependent on the species and time of year, but can include casting artificials, bait fishing, trolling, fly-fishing and night fishing. Book a trip and let Captain McManus share what is one of the most diverse fishing experiences that can be had anywhere in the country
DAKOTA ROGERS - LOCAL FISHING GUIDE
TEL: 828-361-9386
NANTAHALA GUIDES
Contact: Dale Raxter
Phone: 828-321-5630
Website: www.NantahalaGuides.com
Dale is a Native American and also a Nantahala native with years of fishing experience on Nantahala Lake. Dale is a retired Park Ranger with 13 years experience as a certified boating instructor and a wildlife technician. Dale has great knowledge of our area lakes and provides guided fishing and sightseeing trips on Nantahala, Fontana, Hiawassee, Santeetlah and Nottely Lakes. Dale has all of the knowledge needed to provide you with a safe, funfilled fishing trip or a leisurely boat tour.
REEL ANGLING ADVENTURES
Contact: Bob Borgwat
Website: www.ReelAnglingAdventures.com
Toll Free: 866-899-5259
- More guided fishing destinations than any outfitter in the southern Appalachian Mountains
- Wade trips on the region's best trout waters, including treks to the area's remote wild-trout waters
- Drift boats for trout and smallmouth bass on the Tuckaseegee, Hiwassee and Toccoa Rivers
- Fly-Fishing Instruction
- Bass Fishing - largemouths, smallmouths and spotted bass on Nantahala, Chatuge and Blue Ridge lakes
OUTFITTERS
RIVERS EDGE OUTFITTERS - Cherokee
Contact: Steve Mingle or Joe Street
Website: www.flyfishcherokee.com
Phone: 828-497-9300
Rivers Edge Outfitters is the largest fly shop in Western North Carolina. It is located in the heart of Cherokee and the Great Smoky Mountains. Whether it's wilderness Brook trout or trophy Brown or Rainbow trout on Cherokee tribal waters, or the many rivers of Western NC, their specialty is putting you on the fish. Ask about their package deals.
- Guide Service
- Float Trips
- Tailored Fly Fishing Trips
- Great Gear Inventory and Fly Selection
APPALACHIAN OUTFITTERS - Murphy
Contact: Ron and Kathryn Jenkins
Website: www.appalachianoutfittersnc.com
Phone: (828) 337-4165
- Fly tying classes
- Local Orvis Dealer
- "Everything Inside for the Outside"
- Located in Murphy on Tennessee Street
TROUT PONDS - FUN FOR ANYONE OF ANY AGE
COOPER CREEK TROUT FARM
Website: www.coopercreektroutfarm.com
Phone: (828) 488-2500 or (866) 245-4500
- Open daily year round
- Free pole, bait and cleaning
- No license required
- Call ahead and they'll catch and clean fish for you!
TUMBLING WATERS TROUT POND
Website: www.tumblingwaters.com
Phone: (828) 479-3814
- Located between Bryson City and Fontana Dam
- Free pole, bait and cleaning
- No license required
- Open March through November
TROUT STREAMS
THE NANTAHALA RIVER
A first class trout stream, offering a mix of wild trout waters in its upper reaches, delayed-harvest fishing in its mid-section, and a mix of healthy stream-raised and stocked trout in its lower portion. Because of the whitewater activities during the day, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission allows night fishing downstream from the power house.
SLICK ROCK CREEK
Noted as the best native brook trout stream in the Southeast. Slick Rock offers the best opportunity in the state to catch a really big wild brown trout.
SNOW BIRD CREEK
Snow Bird provides trout fishin opportunities with stocked trout (Rainbow, Brown and Brook) in the lower section and Native Brook Trout fishing in the upper section. more info
HAZEL CREEK
Remote, beautiful, accessible only by boat or foot, a stream that truly lives up to its legend. Hazel Creek is the most popular stream on the park side of Fontana Lake. more info
CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
The 30 miles of streams on the Cherokee Indian Reservation provide both food and fun for serious and amateur anglers. Regular stocking of the streams each year adds nearly 400,000 trout to an existing population of fish swimming in the crystal clear mountain waters. A new Cherokee Trophy Trout catch and release section has been added with great results. A tribal permit is required to fish on the Reservation. more info
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
The Park has about 2,115 miles of streams within its boundaries and protects one of the last wild trout habitats in the Eastern United States. The Park offers a wide variety of angling experiences from remote, headwater trout streams to large, coolwater smallmouth bass streams. more info even more info
AREA LAKES
NANTAHALA LAKE AND QUEENS LAKE
They both offer a public boat access area maintained by the NCWRC. Fish in the lakes include walleye, crappie, sunfish, trout and bass. Public picnic areas are provided. Boat rentals are available on Nantahala Lake.
LAKE SANTEETLAH
Features over 76 miles of mostlly natural shoreline and has a wide variety of fish. The most popular being bass, largemouth bass and walleye. There is also a good population of crappie, bream and lake trout. Boats can be rented at several locations on the lake, but paddling a canoe into the prongs is our recommendation. Cheoah Point Recreation Area has picnic tables, a protected swim area and restrooms. more info
LAKE FONTANA
A popular place for fishing, boating and swimming. Boat docks and launching ramps are located at various sites on the lake. It boasts one of the most diverse fish populations anywhere in the country. With depths of over 400 feet, many northern fish such as walleye, muskie, and smallmouth bass are among favorites of local fishermen. more info
CALDERWOOD LAKE
Clear, deep and very river like in character. Current pushes through the whole lake when power is being generated through Cheoah Dam. Trout fishing is best when the water is running. Trout are plentiful on Calderwood, and they tend to grow large. Rainbows are the main species, but recent NCWRC stockings also have included brook trout and brown trout.
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