Asheville Fly Fishing Company

Asheville Fly Fishing Company is a guide owned operation working out of downtown Asheville, and the French Broad is the river it fishes closest to home. The company’s French Broad page focuses on the big water below the city, including Section 9, where the river widens to roughly 100 yards between rock outcroppings and drops through class IV rapids. Guided smallmouth bass trips are described as one of the company’s specialties, and the same water also gives up musky, walleye and trout. Trips run from drift boats and rafts, and the outfit books multi-day trips with overnight accommodations as well as whitewater smallmouth floats that pair fishing with the rapids downstream. Anglers can fish fly tackle or conventional spinning gear. Guides hold ACA Level IV swiftwater rescue certification along with CPR and first aid training and carry insurance. The company reports access to more than 400 miles of water across four river systems and runs two private base camps with exclusive access.