Smoky Mountain Pack-Ins

Travel to the Smoky Mountains for this early summer backpacking trip into the wilderness of Eagle Creek for some of the very best, and hard to get too, wild brookie fly fishing you will ever encounter. Dick Pickard and Craig Ashford, both veteran fly fishing guides with Madison River, lead our group on this 4-day/3- night trip.

• Travel as a group (5 is our capacity) to Fontana Village Marina on Lake Fontana
• Shuttle to the mouth of Eagle Creek where your pack in trip starts
• Backpack yourself up and in the Eagle Creek Wilderness area (3-5 mi hike in)
• Set up at a base camp area
• Fish for 2 full days up and down Eagle Creek for catch and release wild brook trout and spunky browns in some of the most beautiful wild creek and forest conditions you will ever see.
• Pack out on the last morning to meet shuttle to return to the Marina and then home from there.

You must be a self-supporting backpacker for a trip like this. You will pack in your own food, equipment, gear, clothes and accessories. You will be cooking your own meals and taking care of yourself while camping and fishing. Your guides, Dick and Craig, will be there the entire time as your group leaders and guides. But, you must be able to take care of yourself as a backpacker, camper and fly fisherman.

Most of these fish have never seen a fly, and you will be into 60-70 wild fish on dry flies every day.