ABOUT
US
 Owned and operated by Rob Fightmaster,
Fightmaster Fly Fishing is a fully licensed and insured company
that provides the finest fly fishing guide service to a diverse
variety of premier fly fishing waters in Eastern Tennessee, Western
North Carolina, and Southern Kentucky.
We are affiliated with a number of lodging
facilities in each area and can easily arrange accommodations
during your visit. Instructional services are also available
with or without the addition of a guided trip.
In addition, Rob is a professional consultant
in the fly fishing lodging and retail industry. He provides a
variety of consulting services for existing lodges or fly shops,
or for the creation of new ones.
Rob
Fightmaster has been fly fishing for twenty years and has fifteen
years of experience in various aspects of the fly fishing industry.
Rob has fished all over the United States, has been a professional
guide in Kentucky and Tennessee, has taught numerous fly fishing
schools, fly tying classes, rod building classes and introduced
thousands of people to this sport. In addition, he has been involved
in every aspect of the fly fishing retail business, tied flies
commercially, and coordinated a variety of fly fishing special
events. Most recently, Rob was the Fly Fishing Program Director
at Blackberry Farm. During his six years there, he created a
fly fishing program, opened a fly shop, restored a trout stream,
and was awarded the Orvis Endorsed Lodge of the Year two years
in a row. This was the first (and so far only) lodge in the eastern
United States to receive the award and the only lodge in the
country to ever receive it back to back. Clients from around
the country have described Rob as someone with an endless supply
of patience and one of the best fly fishing instructors anywhere.
When
he’s not working, Rob is likely to be found a few miles
back one of the many Smoky Mountain backcountry streams. While
it’s quite possible he’ll be found casting dry
flies to wild trout, it’s almost as likely to find him
napping on a rock after a pot of backcountry stew!
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