Hookers Fly Shop and Guide Service

Hookers Fly Shop and Guide Service describes itself as the oldest fly shop and outfitter in this part of western North Carolina. The counter is in historic downtown Sylva while mail goes to a Waynesville unit number, and the business sells online with free shipping on most domestic orders. Stock covers rods from TFO, Redington and Sage, reels from Ross and Waterworks Lamson, tying materials from Montana Fly, Wapsi, Hareline and Umpqua, and apparel from Columbia and Rep Your Water. Free public fly fishing classes are offered alongside the paid guiding. The guide roster reaches well past one river, covering the Tuckasegee, Little Tennessee, Raven Fork and the West Fork of the Pigeon, streams inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the wider Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail, with overnight backcountry expeditions quoted on request.