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Trout Rivers Watauga River
| Fly Fishing Watauga River |
| Written by Evan Dowdy | |
| Tuesday, 22 November 2011 16:07 | |
The Watauga River is 60 miles long and provides great fly fishing for trout. The river starts its headwaters on the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina and cascades into Watauga Lake in Tennessee. Watauga Lake is the third cleanest lake in the nation and is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forrest. The lake is formed by Watauga Dam and followed by Wilbur Dam. This river fishes great year round due to the constent cold temperatures of a generated river(tailwater). They can keep this water cold all year long due to the fact they release the water from the bottom of the lake.
The Watauga river is one of the top fly fishing fisheries on the east coast and has one of the best rainbow and brown trout populations. The scenery here is great and the water is a spectacular blueish green. It has large deep pools and shallow riffles which makes perfect trout habitat for fly fishing. We float the Watauga River in a Hyde drift boat, but you can get out of the boat in certain places to wade while fly fishing. The section of the river we fish depends on generation schedules and of course where the bite is best. TVA provides these schedules to keep us up to date. You can view the generation schedules also before we go fly fishing, you can download the apps for your phone or view on-line to see the generation release schedules for Wilbur Dam. |
FLOAT TRIP PRICES:
Our fly fishing float trips are all taken in the comfort of a Hyde Drift Boat. The trout fishing guide float trips are done on the tail waters in Tennessee. If you are looking for gift ideas we also offer gift certificates for all our trips. We provide all the equipment and food for the day; however, there will be extras you need to bring. We offer several float trips:-
1 person full day float trips...............................$325.00
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1 person half day float trips..............................$275.00
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2 person full day float trips...............................$400.00
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2 person half day float trips..............................$325.00
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Group & corporate float trips.............................$call for pricing
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Deposit fee per boat........................................$100.00
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Gift Certificate.......................................$275-$400
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Receipts are available upon request