American Fly Fishermen
Your Guide to America's Best Fly Fishing
Whether your a beginning fly angler or an experienced fly fisherman and the DIY type, American Fly Fisherman is your resource to the best fly fishing opportunities across the country. We focus on the best salmonid (trout, char, and salmon) fisheries in every state. Our articles are written by local experts and anglers with experience exploring new waters. We make the daunting task of finding productive fly fishing streams, rivers, and lakes easy for anglers searching for a new adventure. Whether your looking for trophy trout, rare species, or unique subspecies, American Fly Fisherman is the resource our writers wish they had on the beginning of their fly fishing journeys. .
The Best Fly Fishing in North America
Fly Fishing Georgia
Georgia is an excellent place for beginning fly anglers to visit. The small streams and opportunistic trout are create an excellent opportunity to learn the fly fishing basics. Whether you are looking for Toccoa River Trout Fishing or Chattahoochee River Trout Fishing, learn the best times and places to visit North Georgia to find the best fly fishing experience.
Atlanta, Georgia
Fly Fishing Arkansas
Arkansas may not possess the best quantity of trout fisheries, but anglers can certainly not argue with the quality of the tailwater fisheries, such as the White River, that are home to many trophy sized trout. Learn the best times and places to visit Arkansas to find the best fly fishing experience.
Cotter, Arkansas
Fly Fishing North Carolina
North Carolina offers the most variety and without a doubt, the best managed trout streams in the southeastern U.S. Whether your visiting the Tuckasegee River, Nantahala River, or Davidson River, the opportunities are nearly endless. Learn the best times and places to go find trout in North Carolina to find the best fly fishing experience.
Asheville, North Carolina
Fly Fishing Maine
Maine possesses some of the most remote trout streams on the east coast. From the Penobscot River to the Kennebec River, and northward to the Allagash Waterway fly anglers can find some of the best brook trout fishing in the world Learn the best times and places to visit in Maine to find the best fly fishing experience.
Medway, Maine
Fly Fishing California
From the high alpine lakes and small freestone streams of the high Sierras, to the stocked tailwater and coastal rivers running to the Pacific, California has plenty of options for visiting fly fishermen. Learn the best places, such as the Russian River, Sacremento River, and Truckee River, and times to visit in California to find the best fly fishing experience.
Fly Fishing Washington
While best known for the coastal rivers of the Olympic Peninsula such as the Skagit River and Hoh River, and their annual salmon and steelhead runs, don't overlook central and eastern Washington on your next trip to the Pacific Northwest. Fishing on trout streams such as the Yakima River, should fall on every fly anglers bucket list. Learn the best times and places to visit in Washington to find the best fly fishing experience.
Placerville, California
Olympia, Washington
Oklahoma has a handful of trout streams that are visited regularly by locals as well as residents of North Texas. While these aren't the most dynamic trout streams they are are excellent locations for anglers to get out and hone their skills. Learn the best times and places to visit in Washington to find the best fly fishing experience.
From the small freestone creeks of the Smokey Mountains to the numerous tailwater trout streams such as the Hiwassee River and South Holston River in east Tennessee, there are plenty of options for anglers to target wild, stocked and trophy sized trout. Learn the best times and places to visit in Tennessee to find the best fly fishing experience.
Oklahoma City, OK
Tucked away in the far western part of the state, South Carolina possesses several wild and stocked trout streams for locals and the visitors of the Southern Appalachian Mountains to enjoy. There shared section of the Chattooga River provides an excellent opportunity for beginning anglers to hone their craft. Learn the best times and places to visit in Tennessee to find the best fly fishing experience.
Knoxville, TN
Fly Fishing The Allagash
Maine's Allagash Waterway provides fly anglers the seclusion that many seek when entering the sport of fly fishing. Flowing for dozens of miles through the backwoods of Northern Maine, the Allagash is full of trophy sized brook trout.
Mountain Rest, South Carolina
Medway, Maine