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Fly Fishing in Tennessee

Tennessee

Tailwaters Full of Trout

Tennessee has earned a reputation as one of the South's premier fly fishing destinations. Cold tailwaters, freestone mountain streams, and scenic rivers provide outstanding fishing throughout the year, while the Great Smoky Mountains offer one of the most iconic trout fisheries in the eastern United States. Whether casting dry flies in the mountains or drifting a tailwater, Tennessee delivers exceptional opportunities for fly anglers of every skill level.

The state's trout fishing centers around famous rivers like the South Holston, Watauga, Clinch, Hiwassee, and Caney Fork, along with hundreds of miles of streams flowing through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rainbow, brown, and brook trout all thrive in Tennessee's cold waters, with several rivers producing trophy-sized fish and some of the best sulphur and blue-winged olive hatches in the Southeast.

When trout aren't rising, Tennessee's warmwater fisheries take center stage. The state's rivers and reservoirs support excellent populations of smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, carp, musky, and striped bass. From hiking into a mountain stream for native brook trout to throwing big streamers for river smallmouth, Tennessee offers fly anglers an incredible variety of fishing across every season.

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Top Selling Flies in Tennessee

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Blowtorch - Tungsten (Barbless)

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The Blowtorch is one that has been requested by customers and with good reason.  It contains a natural features of a nymph, with enough attraction...

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Blue Wing Olive

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The Blue Wing Olive is a must-have for matching one of the most consistent and important mayfly hatches across trout fisheries. When conditions tur...

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Chubby Chernobyl

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Description The Chubby Chernobyl is one of the most versatile and reliable dry flies ever designed for western rivers. Built with a high-floating f...

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Copper John-Beadhead

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A cross between the pheasant tail and brassie. Works well where ever there are stonefly or mayfly nymphs. Classic profile, sinks fast, sleek, an...

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Elk Hair Caddis

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The Elk Hair Caddis is a must-have dry fly that imitates adult caddisflies skating and drifting across the surface. It’s one of the most dependable...

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Euro Zebra Midge-Tungsten (Barbless)

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A hugely productive nymph pattern that should be in most anglers fly boxes. This pattern is simple and to the point. Thread based bodies counter w...

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Flashback Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail - Tungsten

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Take a beadhead Pheasant Tail and give it a heavier bead, and you have a faster sink rate, and slightly different action to foll even the wariest ...

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Frenchie Nymph-Tungsten

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A great all purpose nymph. It simple profile and tungsten beadhead keep it rolling on the bottom and make it simply irresistible. While Pink is th...

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Hare's Ear

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Still the #1 nymph in the world and with good reason. Buggy, flashy, suggestive of a plethora of nymphs. The more it is fished the buggier it get...

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Hare's Ear - Tungsten

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All the infamous traits of the Beadhead Hare's Ear, but with a Tungsten Bead Head for faster sink rates. Still the #1 nymph in the world and with ...

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Mop Fly - Beadhead (Barbless)

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From the Wall Street Journal, the Mop Fly. We have been getting tons of requests for this fly and now here it is. Tied in the hottest colors on a ...

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Neversink Caddis

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Easy floating Caddis pattern, popular in Alaska to Smokey's, and everywhere else there is Caddis or fish cruising to hit a fat dry. Foam body make...

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Parachute Adams

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The Parachute Adams is one of the most versatile and trusted dry flies ever created, designed to imitate a wide range of mayflies in both dun and e...

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Parachute Blue Wing Olive

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BWO is one of the most prolific and long lived hatches. This versatile color can also cover both the Pale Morning Dun and Pale Evening Dun. If you...

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Pat's Rubber Leg - Tungsten

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A lead wrapped body and a tungsten bead assure these Pat's will sink like no others.

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Pat's Rubber Legs

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Although found in the UNWEIGHTED collection, This is LIGHTLY weighted with lead-free wire wraps.  Typically, 6 wraps of .015" lead-free wire.  this...

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Perdigon Flash Nymph-Tungsten (Barbless)

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Please note that Perdigon hooks are 2x wide and are often mistake for a size or two larger than they are. A fly pattern brought to us via customer...

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Perdigon Nymph - Tungsten (Barbless)

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The Perdigon Nymph is designed for one thing—getting down fast and staying in the strike zone. Originally developed by Spanish competition anglers,...

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RS 2 Nymph

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You can tell how effective a pattern is by the spin-offs it has, and this one has a lot in a short time. These occurrences are a catalyst for tr...

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San Juan Worm-Beadhead

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Beadhead helps get this down earlier, and keep it down. Imitating anything from an annelid to an earthworm. Worms are always available food for fi...

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Sparkle Duns Dry Fly

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A great emerger, dun, or cripple pattern.  These flies ride low, have a trailing shuck, are easy to cast and see. Two excellent colors, for a plet...

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Squirmy Worm-Beadhead

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Squirmy Worms are made of a silicon that creates a more realistic look than other patterns out there. Undulate better than the typical San Juan Wo...

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Stimulator

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This pattern was designed by Randall Kaufmann, borrowing liberally from the Improved Sofa Pillow and Bucktail Caddis. The Stimulator has become on...

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Trophy Dungeon

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Movement is enticing to trophy trout (and we don't mean dinky trophies) Nearly identical to the famous Sex Dungeon (the name hurts the search resu...

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