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Fly fishing near Franklin, North Carolina

Looking up the Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, a wide river between forested Smoky Mountain hills
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The Tuckasegee River from Old River Road, Bryson City. Photo: Matthew T. Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

11 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Franklin, North Carolina, in a straight line; the nearest are Tuckasegee River (15 mi), Nantahala River (17 mi) and Coleman River (17 mi).

More about Franklin

1 fly-fishing guide is in Franklin or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Great Smoky Mountains, 30 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

11 waters near Franklin

About this

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. Tuckasegee RiverTailwater · 15 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  2. Nantahala RiverTailwater · 17 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  3. Coleman RiverFreestone river · 17 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  4. Hoods CreekFreestone river · 18 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  5. Oconaluftee RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · live USGS flow
  6. Flat CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Catch and release
  7. Whitewater RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Wild Trout Water
  8. North Fork Scott CreekFreestone river · 22 mi · Wild Trout Water
  9. Wolf CreekFreestone river · 23 mi · Wild Trout Water
  10. Deep CreekFreestone river · 23 mi
  11. Howard CreekFreestone river · 25 mi · Catch and release

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Franklin 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

Great Smoky Mountains · 30 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1011373, Macon 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.