Fly fishing in South Carolina.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 32waters
- 10with a live gauge
- 32designated

Photo credit
The lower Saluda River at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
32 fly-fishing waters in South Carolina have a page here, 9 with a live USGS flow gauge and 31 with an official agency designation (such as Special-regulation trout water or Agency-named bass water).
More about South Carolina
17 fly-fishing guides and 10 fly shops in South Carolina are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hub: Charleston & the Lowcountry.
33 watersMost fished first
- Saluda RiverTailwater · Tailwater trout fishery · Catch and release · live flow
- Chattooga RiverFreestone river · Catch and release · Delayed Harvest · live flow
- Cheohee CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Delayed Harvest
- Middle Saluda RiverFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Savannah RiverTailwater · Tailwater trout fishery · Designated trout water
- Eastatoe CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
- Chauga RiverFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Corbin CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
- Devils Fork CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
- Howard CreekFreestone river · Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
- Lake JocasseeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water · Special-regulation trout water
- Whitewater RiverFreestone river · Wild Trout Water
- Wando RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Ashley RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Broad RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Charleston HarborSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Colleton RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- May RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Murrells InletSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- North Edisto RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Santee RiverFreestone river · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Winyah BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Black RiverFreestone river · live flow
- Lake GreenwoodLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake MarionLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake MoultrieLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake MurrayLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake RobinsonLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake SecessionLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake WatereeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Matthews CreekFreestone river · Special-regulation trout water
- Monticello ReservoirLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water · lake level
- Whitewater RiverFreestone river · Special-regulation trout water
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About the South Carolina list
About this
32 South Carolina 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 South Carolina from a neighbouring state are included.
A South Carolina 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.
