Fly fishing near Nashville

3 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of Nashville, nearest first. The closest is Great Smoky Mountains, about 3 hr 50 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois and Indiana.

Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown Nashville.

2 to 4 hours · a long day or an overnight · 1

Painting of a clear mountain stream running over boulders under hardwood forest
Trout

Great Smoky Mountains

Townsend, Tennessee / Bryson City, North Carolina · USA

Fly into TYS, 45 min

About 3 hr 50 min from Nashville · 319 km

Guide, per angler
$188–263
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium

4 to 6 hours · a weekend · 2

Original watercolor illustration of Toccoa River tailwater · Blue Ridge, Georgia
Trout

North Georgia Tailwaters

Chattahoochee (Buford Dam) and Toccoa (Blue Ridge Dam), Georgia · USA

Fly into ATL, 1 hr 15 min

About 5 hr 10 min from Nashville · 403 km

Guide, per angler
$263–300
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of South Holston River, Bristol, Tennessee
Trout

South Holston

Bristol, Tennessee · USA

Fly into TRI, 30 min

About 5 hr 40 min from Nashville · 483 km

Guide, per angler
$288
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium

Trout maps near Nashville · 6

State maps with water within about 120 miles of Nashville

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