Southern Appalachian Anglers

(8 Hours – includes lunch, all equipment)

Guided smallmouth bass trips are one of the most popular trips requested in Asheville, NC. Float down the river with a professional guide while casting flies for hungry smallmouth!

The beauty of the bronze back fish and the power they offer when hooked is incredible. Generally fly fishing or spin fishing is the best approach for the smallmouth bass. Light tackle to medium light tackle will mostly be used, do to the clear water in the rivers and lakes we fish. Be prepared to cast flashy flies, hair jigs, soft plastics, and hand tied float n’ flies for the winter months. March through May and September through April are generally the best months for larger sized fish, with the summer months being great for quantities!

Not only is autumn smallmouth bass fishing season but the colors of the leaves changing is a sight to see from the middle of the river! All of our guides at Southern Appalachian Anglers are licensed and certified and uphold a level of professionalism not found elsewhere.

Our team of fishing guides will assist you in every way possible to make your smallmouth bass fishing trip most memorable. Float trips are the best for smallmouth fishing due to the length of water that we cover while floating down the river. Catching 20 to 50 smallmouth in one trip is not uncommon!

Half-day Bass Fishing by Boat and Half-day River Wade Trip (Full Day of Fun!) (8 Hours – includes lunch, all equipment)

Largemouth bass fishing guides and charters in Western North Carolina, specifically the Asheville area, is a great way to spend a day on the water. Between mid March till late June, lakes around the Asheville, North Carolina area really begin to flourish. The bass fishing is endless and the fish are big! Big females are cruising around, looking for a place to spawn. Shallow laydowns along with and chunk rock, boat docks and standing timber, are the best places to look for big largemouth bass. Everything from jigs, balsa crankbaits, buzzbaits, topwater and swimbaits in multiple color patters will catch spring time and summer time largemouth. Bass fishing Asheville, NC is a past-time of locals and we would love to share the experience with you.

At SAA we practice catch and release, take a picture and put the fish back in the lake, this allows for a healthy ecosystem and for another angler to catch the fish in the future. In late June until mid November on the lakes around Asheville, the largemouth bass are in their deeper water summer pattern (15 to 30 ft). Look for them on deep breaks, deep flats, and boulder areas. Of course the early morning and later afternoon patters provide some great topwater action in the summer months. Let our experienced fishing guides put you on the fish.

Come spend a day on our beautiful lakes, catching America’s most favored sport fish – the largemouth bass. They fight hard and are a blast to catch.

Learn from the pros! Southern Appalachian Anglers offers a truly, one-of-a-kind Southern Appalachia Fly Fishing Class in Asheville, North Carolina. The fly fishing class covers a variety of local fly fishing techniques from small creeks to big rivers, fly selection, WNC fly hatches, reel mechanics fish patterns and more! Our experienced fishing instructors have taught hundreds of people how to fish throughout the years.

While learning to fish with our knowledgeable instructors, SAA students will learn everything from casting technique, choosing the right tackle, reading the water, essential knots, to year round pattern selection, fly selection, line essentials to proper fish release and more.

(min. age is 12 years old)

Includes instruction, lunch & all equipment. (does not include NC fishing license)

Casting

Fish Habitat

Gear and Tackle selection

Essential Knot Tying

Basic Forage & Fly Selection

Reading Water

Sustainable Fishing Practices

(8 Hours – includes lunch)

The constant fresh water flowing from the French Broad River offers some of the best musky fishing in the south. At SAA we love taking our clients on a musky fishing adventure because you never know when the next trophy musky is waiting to explode on your line. This is an exciting fishing trip for anglers seeking trophy game fish. Be prepared to cast heavy lures and big flies into dense cover to entice these river predators!

Fly fishing is very popular for catching musky in WNC. Tossing long 4 to 10 inch flies is not uncommon to be seen on the French Broad River. Flies produce an erratic action that musky just cannot refuse. Musky fishing in Western North Carolina’s mountains is great year round. Fall, Winter and early Spring is the best time to chase these monsters but summer is full of trophy fish as well. Be prepared to fish hard to land one of these river predators – they don’t call them a fish of a thousand casts for nothing!

8 Hours​: includes lunch, snacks & drinks, all equipment

Trout fishing in Asheville, NC is incredible and with a abundance of rivers, creeks and streams there are plenty of water to cover! Our professional and certified fishing guides know exactly where and how to catch trophy trout.

SAA offers two types of trout fishing guide trips - wade trips and guided float trips in Asheville. We also offer fly fishing classes from our professional fly fishing experts. Call us or email to book a guide trip or to discuss customized fly fishing trips .

All of our guide trips include waders, boots, leader, line, and rod and reel as well as a full lunch on full day trips - the works! A North Carolina or Tennessee fishing license (depending on fishing location) is required. We can assist you in purchasing a license. Call us or visit our license page for more instructions on obtaining a fishing license.