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Fly fishing near Bristol, Tennessee

Green water churning out of the South Holston Dam powerhouse into the river below the grassy dam face
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South Holston Dam releasing into the South Holston River tailwater, near Bristol, Tennessee. Photo: Tennessee Valley Authority, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

13 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Bristol, Tennessee, in a straight line; the nearest are Beaver Creek (4 mi), South Holston River (7 mi) and South Holston Reservoir (9 mi).

More about Bristol

2 fly shops and 3 fly-fishing guides are in Bristol or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, 17 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

13 waters near Bristol

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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. Beaver CreekFreestone river · 4 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  2. South Holston RiverTailwater · 7 mi · Tailwater trout fishery
  3. South Holston ReservoirLake or reservoir · 9 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  4. Wolf CreekFreestone river · 13 mi · Catch and release
  5. Big Moccasin CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Delayed Harvest
  6. Watauga RiverTailwater · 17 mi · Tailwater trout fishery · live USGS flow
  7. Doe RiverFreestone river · 17 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  8. Boone ReservoirLake or reservoir · 17 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  9. Wilbur ReservoirTailwater · 18 mi · Tailwater trout fishery
  10. Fort Patrick Henry ReservoirLake or reservoir · 18 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  11. South Fork Holston RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow
  12. Brumley CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Catch and release
  13. Laurel ForkFreestone river · 24 mi · Wild Trout Water

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Bristol 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 Bristol 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

Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga · 17 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1327702, Sullivan 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.