Fly fishing near Birmingham, Alabama

The Cahaba River running over flat rock ledges below a wooded ridge
Photo credit

The Cahaba River at Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

4 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Birmingham, Alabama, in a straight line; the nearest are Shades Creek (5 mi), Cahaba River (6 mi) and Fivemile Creek (6 mi).

More about Birmingham

1 fly-fishing guide is in Birmingham or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Blue Ridge & the Toccoa, 169 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

4 waters near Birmingham

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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. Shades CreekFreestone river · 5 mi · Agency-named bass water · live USGS flow
  2. Cahaba RiverFreestone river · 6 mi · Agency-named bass water · live USGS flow
  3. Fivemile CreekFreestone river · 6 mi · Agency-named bass water · live USGS flow
  4. Locust ForkFreestone river · 17 mi · Agency-named bass water · live USGS flow

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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

Nearest destination hub

Blue Ridge & the Toccoa · 169 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 158174, Jefferson 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.