The Southeast's Best Fly Fishing

by James Buice

Overview

• New series of fly fishing guides covering only the best waters, written by local experts • Detailed maps created with latest GIS mapping software--more accurate than any previous fly-fishing guidebook maps; it covers trout streams and rivers of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky • Includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most popular national park with more than 9 million visitors per year Whether you are flying through Atlanta on business (the Chattahoochee River provides superb fishing just outside of city limits) or taking an extended trip into the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this guide gives you the information you need for a successful fishing trip. With stunning photos, detailed hatch charts for each river, photos and recipes of the most effective fly patterns, and insider information from local guides and outfitters, this book is an essential reference for the south's best trout fishing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934753026
Publisher:	Headwater Books
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Formerly a fishing guide and director of travel at The Fish Hawk in Atlanta, James Buice is a fly-fishing manufacturers' representative in the southeast and a frequent contributor to American Angler and Fly Fisherman magazines. He lives in Canton, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Part I Georgia xiv

1 Toccoa River (including Noontootla Creek) 4

2 Chattahoochee River (including Dukes and Smith Creeks) 22

3 Chattooga River 48

Part II North Carolina 56

4 Davidson River 60

5 Tuckaseegee River 70

6 Oconaluftee River and Raven's Fork 78

7 Nantahala River 86

8 North Mills River 98

9 Big Snowbird Creek 106

Part III Tennessee 114

10 Caney Fork 118

11 Hiwassee River 128

12 Holston River 138

13 South Fork of the Holston River 146

14 Watauga River 156

15 Clinch River 166

16 Tellico River 176

Part IV Great Smoky Mountains National Park 186

17 Abrams Creek 192

18 Prongs of the Little River (West, Middle, and East Prongs) 200

19 North Shore of Fontana Lake (Deep, Hazel, Forney, Noland, and Eagle Creeks) 208

20 Cataloochee Creek (and Tributaries) 218

Part V Kentucky 226

21 Cumberland River 228

Index 237