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Fly Fishing Guide Trips for North Carolina and Tennessee |
Welcome to High Country Angler Fly Fishing Guide Service for East Tennessee and Western North Carolina that provides trips in the southeastern United States. Here in the Blue Ridge, Appalachian, and  Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and East Tennessee are some of the finest trout streams you will ever fly fish. High Country Angler Fly Fishing Guide Service is a professional fly fishing guide service that also offers a fly fishing school, lessons and classes for the North Carolina and East Tennessee mountains. Our guides fish on some of the best named trout waters in the south. We provide fly fishing on the tailwaters of the South Holston River and the Watauga River in TN, the Holston River in TN and Delayed Harvest waters in Western North Carolina plus many more which fish great year round. Our fly fishing float trips for trout and smallmouth bass are all taken in the comfort of a Hyde Drift Boat . The float trips for trout fishing are done on the tailwaters of the Watauga River in Elizabethton, TN and the South Holston River outside of Bristol, TN. The smallmouth fishing is done on the Holston River outside of Kingsport, TN. Our wade fly fishing days can be done in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina or Tennessee. You can pick between fly fishing easy access trout streams or native wild trout streams. The secluded backwoods trip does require a hike to the native wild trout streams.
 So whether you would like to go on a fly fishing guide trip to big tailwaters with lunker brown and rainbow trout or for some wild native trout, we can make your day one to remember. It doesn't matter where you are in the spectrum of fishing skills. Our fly fishing guides tailor to the beginner or advanced fisherman. Take one of our trips and let us give you a the fly fishing adventure of a lifetime.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Thursday, 28 March 2013 22:04 |
 Fly fishing in Tennessee and North Carolina have been terrific. Both states have their abundance of trout at this time. Fly fishing delayed harvest in North Carolina is good and of course you can't beat the tailwaters of East Tennessee for the consistent year round bite. It is just really |
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 04 May 2012 16:20 |
 Fishing is great and be sure to check out the latest pictures. More in depth report coming soon. Link to Gallery.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Sunday, 25 September 2011 12:51 |
 Hello and hope you have had a chance to do some fishing. Fly Fishing on the South Holston River and Watauga River in East Tennessee have been pretty terrific this summer. Plenty of fish were caught on dry flies, dry droppers and nymph rigs. I am pretty pumped up
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Tuesday, 08 March 2011 19:50 |
 Hello and hope things are well. Trout fishing on the South Holston and Watauga Rivers in East Tennessee has been great throughout the winter. We had some great luck fishing a little bit of everything. Nymph rigs, dry dropper rigs and blue winged olive dry flies did the trick during
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Monday, 21 June 2010 15:27 |
 The Spring fishing in East Tennessee has been great and will continue throughout the summer. Some folks have the misconception that summertime is not a good time to go trout fishing. That is far from the truth, especially on these waters that are tailwaters(rivers below mountain
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Monday, 21 December 2009 00:00 |
 Well the trout fishing and smallmouth bass fishing has just been great. We have been nymph and dry fly fishing for the trout on the Watauga River. Blue winged olives have been the choice and the trout eat them without question when a hatch is coming off. Nymphs have
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:32 |
 Hello from High Country Angler. Figured it was time to give a fishing report. Tennessee fly fishing has been great. The Watauga River and South Holston River have both been great. The float trips on the Watauga River have been the most productive trips to take due to the amount of
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008 19:00 |
 Hello from High Country Angler. The summer fishing has been nothing short of fantastic. Every trip has been great with high productivity. The Watauga River is definitely the best river for trout fishing in the East and could compete with the western rivers.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Sunday, 23 December 2007 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas. Well the year is coming to a close and what a great one. The Watauga River in Tennessee seems to get better and better each year. We had a great fall with plenty of fish caught and really good folks to accompany us on the river.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. Sorry for the late update. My computer got viruses and I had to completely wipe out the hard drive. That included my programs for updating the site. I did get that resolved and had a few days to upload the pics and give a fishing report. The fishing has been really good.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Thursday, 31 August 2006 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. Figured it was time for a fishing report. The August fishing has been excellent on the Watauga River and South Holston River and will only get better for the upcoming months. A tandem nymph rig is definitely the way to go. We are hooking plenty and getting pictures of
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:00 |
 Hey Everyone. The spring season has started off great. The trout are really eating well both on the Watauga River and South Holston River. We are using tandem pheasant tails and slaying them. We have also hooked up with several 20 inchers but haven't landed one.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 28 September 2012 16:00 |
 Well, I have stayed busy all through the summer and we have caught a lot of trout. The constant action topped with a nice sized trout every now and again makes for great days on the water. The Watauga River has been my river of choice and I will move more towards the South Holston |
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Sunday, 11 December 2011 15:53 |
 Hello and hope things are well. I want to thank everyone for all the great trips this year and look forward to fishing with you again in 2012. We have a had a terrific year of fishing with size and numbers. I am starting to taper off on fishing the Watauga and hitting the South Holston River |
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 17 June 2011 13:42 |
 Hello. Thought I would give a fishing report for the Watauga and South Holston Rivers. Float fishing on the Watauga has been productive and the preferred trip. Wade fishing on the South Holston River has been the only option here lately due to TVA working on the
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:42 |
 Figured it was time for a fly fishing report for the Watauga and South Holston Rivers here in East Tennessee. The fishing trips have been pretty great throughout the summer. Plenty of fish being caught both on top and on nymph rigs. It is amazing that these two rivers fish as
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 14:35 |
 Winter trout fishing in Tennessee has been action packed. Tailwaters are really great fisheries in the winter due to their constant temperatures even when it is cold outside. We have been catching most of our trout on nymph rigs with some dry fly action. The rivers
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 07 August 2009 16:17 |
 Hello to all from High Country Angler. Thought I would give a fishing report for the South Holston River and Watauga River here in East Tennessee. The fishing has been great throughout the summer and will continue into the winter. We have been fishing nymph rigs and
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 00:00 |
 Hello to all and Merry Christmas. Fly fishing in Tennessee has been great. Thank you to all the great folks who fished with me this year and made my days nice with great company. The fishing this past fall was really good on the South Holston River and especially the float trips on the Watauga
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. Thought it would be a good time for an update. The trout fishing guide trips have been terrific with plenty of trout being caught. I would have even more pictures for the update but just got my replacement camera the first of May.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Sunday, 30 September 2007 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. Boy we have been busy with trips and tying a bunch of flies so haven't had much time to update the site. The fishing has just been great on every trip. The drought conditions that we are facing does not effect the tailwaters that we fish due to the flow of the water being controlled by a dam.
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 27 October 2006 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. The fishing has been great for September and October. We have fished a little bit of everything, dry flies and nymphs. The blue winged olives are what we have been matching. The cooler weather has arrived and with that the leaves
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Written by Evan Dowdy
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Friday, 14 July 2006 19:00 |
 Hello Everyone. The fly fishing has been great. We have been catching the fish on dry flies. Terrestrials such as ants, crickets and beetles are the way to go. The nymphs are producing on the Watauga River and South Holston River as well. Be sure to call in advance
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