From a cane pole at age five to four of Tennessee's finest tailwaters — Knotties is where anyone who loves the outdoors learns to fly fish.
My grandfather put a cane pole in my hand when I was five. That was the beginning. Decades later, the belief is the same — the best classroom has a current running through it, and fishing is for everyone willing to show up.
Read the storyPhase one of Knotties is simple: build the best free fly fishing education library in the Southeast. No gatekeeping, no jargon. Just everything we know, laid out for anyone to use.
Browse the libraryBelow Center Hill Dam. Wide, powerful, and full of wild browns and rainbows. Tennessee's most productive tailwater and our home base for guided trips.
Trout · Year-roundBelow Tim's Ford Dam. Technical, limestone-influenced, with excellent hatches and selective fish that will make you a better angler.
Trout · Spring & FallOne of the most biodiverse rivers in North America. Exceptional smallmouth fishing and a unique fly fishing experience unlike anywhere else in the state.
Smallmouth · MixedRemote, underrated, and often uncrowded. Below Dale Hollow Dam in Pickett County — worth every mile of the drive.
Trout · RemoteHalf days, full days, and private groups — guided by someone who's fished this water for decades. All skill levels welcome. All gear provided.