Fly fishing in Kentucky.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 15waters
- 4with a live gauge
- 15designated
Photo credit
Wolf Creek Dam from the air, with Lake Cumberland behind it and the Cumberland River tailwater flowing away below. Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr
15 fly-fishing waters in Kentucky have a page here, 4 with a live USGS flow gauge and 15 with an official agency designation (such as Catch and release or Special-regulation trout water).
More about Kentucky
2 fly shops in Kentucky are listed, unclaimed unless marked.
15 watersMost fished first
- Cumberland RiverTailwater · Tailwater trout fishery · Trophy / quality trout water · live flow
- Shillalah CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water · nearby gauge
- Beaver CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · live flow
- Floyds ForkFreestone river · Catch and release · live flow
- Gunpowder CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · live flow
- Bark Camp CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Big Bone CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Casey CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Clear CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · nearby gauge
- East Fork Indian CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Elk Spring CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Otter CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Rock CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Swift Camp CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
- Trammel CreekFreestone river · Catch and release
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About the Kentucky list
About this
15 Kentucky rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Kentucky from a neighbouring state are included.
A Kentucky water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.