Rocky Top Anglers - Our Guides Hiring a fly fishing guide is the most important choice you'll make when planning your next fly fishing adventure. The right guide knows his waters, his fish, and how to make your day the best it can be. Our fly fishing guides approach our work with friendly, professional attitudes and an eagerness to please our guest. We build a special relationship with our clients, that often last many years, and over many miles of water. We look forward to building that relationship with you. We only employ veteran guides, with years of experience in making special memories.

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Our Guides

Hiring a fly fishing guide is the most important choice you'll make when planning your next fly fishing adventure. The right guide knows his waters, his fish, and how to make your day the best it can be. Our fly fishing guides approach our work with friendly, professional attitudes and an eagerness to please our guest. We build a special relationship with our clients, that often last many years, and over many miles of water. We look forward to building that relationship with you. We only employ veteran guides, with years of experience in making special memories.

Our Guides

Hiring a Tennessee fly fishing guide is the most important choice you'll make when planning your next fly fishing adventure. The right guide knows his waters, his fish, and how to make your day the best it can be. Our Knoxvillefly fishing guides approach our work with friendly, professional attitudes and an eagerness to please our guest. We build a special relationship with our clients, that often last many years, and over many miles of water. We look forward to building that relationship with you. We only employ veteran guides, with years of experience in making special memories.

Captain Michael "Rocky" Cox

East Tennessee Fly Fishing Guide, Owner

I was born and raised near Knoxville Tennessee. This allowed me to grow up with wonderful places to play right in my own back yard. Countless miles of mountain streams and large, cold tailwaters provided endless playgrounds. I never realized how much those years of playing in the water would influence my adult life.

I've always loved the peaceful excitement of fly fishing and always found myself thinking about that next big trip to the mountains. When my leisure time came, I was fly fishing. I was always captivated by the guides I saw, rowing their anglers down river and finding those special places only accessible by drift boat. I knew that guiding others and showing them the places I treasure would be a very rewarding career.

I've been in the business of guiding fly anglers to east Tennessee's finest fly fishing destinations since 1999. I strive to please my clients and work very hard to make sure every day out on the water is a very special day. Being a professional fly fishing guide isn't always easy, but it is always rewarding and I'm truly blessed in doing what I love.

Skip Waybrant

Tennessee Fly Fishing Guide

A native of Oregon, Skip fished a lot growing up and developed a deep love for fishing, any kind of fishing. He carried that passion along with him wherever life took him. Fly fishing for trout became his favorite pastime while he lived in Pennsylvania. Skip also spent many years living in Florida, where he took fly fishing to the next level. Snook were one of his his favorite fish to target in the saltwater. Skip has truely fished all over the country.

It was in 2005 that Skip moved to Tennessee and fell in love with the endless lakes, rivers and streams. I met Skip soon after his arrival and knew instantly he was meant to be a guide. I've been working along side him ever since. He now guides anglers to many destinations in east Tennessee including our trophy trout tailwaters as well as our quality warm water rivers and lakes. He enjoys spending his free time in the outdoors, fishing or hunting with his wife Sue and their beloved dogs.

Jon Oody

Tennessee Fly Fishing Guide

Jon Oody is an east Tn native who started his guiding career in the Tellico River drainage in the summer of 2006. His travels have taken him up and down the appalachains and across the the southwest. Jon Spent 4 years guiding In Southern Colorado for ranches and flyshops, from tailwalters to back country blue lines. As beautiful and wild as the west is, the overwhelming variety of water and fly rod query brought him back to Tennessee with no regrets. Jon has been guiding for Trout and Smallmouth on many of our local freestoners and tailwaters since 2011. Jon is a very fishy person and will throw a fly at anything that swims, be it a striper or a carp. Jon has a teachers heart and works very hard to share his depth of knowledge and techniques with all his guest.

Doug Moore

Tennessee Fly Fishing Guide

Originally from East Tennessee, Doug taught himself to fly fish in the cold streams of the Great Smoky Mountains for stream born Brook, Rainbow, and Brown Trout. During his college days he cut his teeth as a guide on the wild trout waters above the Tellico River. After graduation, he set out to fulfill a life long dream to hike the Appalachian Trail. Following his hike, he continued to expand his fly fishing knowledge and expertise working and fishing in the western U.S.

Doug is an avid fly fishermen when he's not behind the oars. To date, he has fly fished in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming as well as Florida and Connecticut. He currently calls Knoxville home with his life-long fishing partner and bride Ari and two boat dogs Beau and Bailey.

Qualifications

Guiding Professionally since 1999

Great with new anglers and veterans

Polite, never pushy.

First Aid / CPR Certified

Licensed US Coast Guard OUPV Captain

Excellent whitewater oarsmen

Experience, has guided over 2000 fly fishing trips

Qualifications

Guiding professionally since 2006.

Works well with new anglers of all ages.

Broad angling knowledge from fresh to salt water.

First Aid / CPR Certified

Whitewater rowing skills.

Qualifications

Friendly attitude and a patient disposition.

A great teacher..

Local experience on warmwater and coldwater.

First Aid / CPR Certified

Loves to share all of Tennessee's great fisheries.

Qualifications

A knack for finding "grip n grins".

Patient guide who works well with all anglers.

Extensive knowledge of local entomology and trout habitat.

First Aid / CPR Certified

Approaches every guided trip as a unique teaching oppurtunity.

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Rocky Top Anglers is a professional fly fishing guide service located in east Tennessee. Our Fly Fishing Guides, Rocky Cox and Doug Moore offer guided fly fishing trips on all of the top tailwaters in east Tennessee. Guided Fly Fishing Trips on the Hiwassee River are performed in whitewater Drift Boats by our Qualified Fly Fishing Guides. We offer great Float Trip adventures with the Fly Rod on Clinch River. Fly Fishing Guide trips on the Holston River can be a very rewarding way to enjoy spring dry fly fishing in east Tennessee. Rocky Top Angler employs Qualified Fly Fishing Guides with years of experience on all the Tennessee Tailwaters, including the Clinch River, Hiwassee River, Holston River, South Holston River, Watauga River, Caney Fork River, and Cumberland River. We often find Trophy Rainbow and Brown Trout on our Guided Fly Fishing Trips. Rocky Top Anglers employs many techniques, including Dry Fly Fishing, Nymph Fishing, Streamer fishing, and Emerger Fly Fishing for Trophy Rainbow and Brown Trout. Spring Time and Summer Fly Fishing on East Tennessee Trout Waters can be incredible. Hiring the right Fly Fishing Guide for your East Tennessee Fly Fishing Adventure can be important. Our Fly Fishing Guides are well skilled with Beginners, weekend warriors, and the veteran anglers. We've been in the Fly Fishing Guide busieness for many years and have 1000's of trips under our belts. Our site has current Fly Fishing Reports for East Tennessee and surrounding areas, including all the Fly Fishing Rivers near Knoxville, Nashville, and Chattanooga. Visitors to the area attractions such as the Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg area are often surprised to find such incredible Trophy Fly Fishing for trout. We're here to show everyone what great Fly Fishing we have here in East Tennessee. Captain Rocky Cox has been guiding Fly Anglers for well over ten years. Growing up near the Clinch River, Holston River, Hiwassee River, and other East Tennessee Tailwaters has provided us with fabulous tailwaters to pursue Trophy Rainbow and Trophy Brown Trout. Come visit us when your visiting the east Tennessee area and you'll find we have been blessed here with Trophy Trout Fisheries, fine Fly Fishing, and great Fly Fishing Guides at Rocky Top Anglers.