Fly fishing near Banner Elk, North Carolina

The Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, a broad, calm river between bare autumn trees
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The Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

32 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Banner Elk, North Carolina, in a straight line; the nearest are Shawneehaw Creek (1 mi), Pond Creek (3 mi) and Elk River (4 mi).

More about Banner Elk

3 fly shops and 4 fly-fishing guides are in Banner Elk or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, 23 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

32 waters near Banner Elk

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Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Shawneehaw CreekFreestone river · 1 mi · Wild Trout Water
  2. Pond CreekFreestone river · 3 mi · Catch and release
  3. Elk RiverFreestone river · 4 mi · Catch and release
  4. Laurel CreekFreestone river · 5 mi · Catch and release
  5. Dutch CreekFreestone river · 5 mi · Wild Trout Water
  6. Watauga RiverFreestone river · 6 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  7. Cranberry CreekFreestone river · 6 mi · Wild Trout Water
  8. Kentucky CreekFreestone river · 7 mi · Wild Trout Water
  9. Cow Camp CreekFreestone river · 8 mi · Wild Trout Water
  10. Horse CreekFreestone river · 8 mi · Wild Trout Water
  11. Birchfield CreekFreestone river · 9 mi · Wild Trout Water
  12. Gragg ProngFreestone river · 9 mi · Wild Trout Water
  13. Lost Cove CreekFreestone river · 10 mi · Catch and release
  14. Rockhouse CreekFreestone river · 10 mi · Wild Trout Water
  15. Winkler CreekFreestone river · 10 mi · Wild Trout Water
  16. North Harper CreekFreestone river · 11 mi · Wild Trout Water
  17. Plumtree CreekFreestone river · 11 mi · Wild Trout Water
  18. Roaring CreekFreestone river · 11 mi · Wild Trout Water
  19. Howard CreekFreestone river · 12 mi · Wild Trout Water
  20. Laurel ForkFreestone river · 14 mi · Wild Trout Water
  21. Maine BranchFreestone river · 16 mi · Wild Trout Water
  22. Little Rock CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Wild Trout Water
  23. Rockhouse CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Wild Trout Water
  24. Wiles CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Wild Trout Water
  25. Wilbur ReservoirTailwater · 18 mi · Tailwater trout fishery
  26. Joes CreekFreestone river · 18 mi · Wild Trout Water
  27. Buffalo CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Wild Trout Water
  28. Cane CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Delayed Harvest
  29. Wilson CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  30. North Toe RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Delayed Harvest
  31. Doe RiverFreestone river · 23 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  32. Watauga RiverTailwater · 24 mi · Tailwater trout fishery · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Banner Elk as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Banner Elk as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1018956, Avery County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.