Kenny

Kenny is co-owner and has worked as a guide and in retail the past 15 years. Since his childhood, he and his father, who was born in the Little Cataloochee Valley and whose relatives Palmer Creek was named after, would fly fish all over the Smoky's and Western North Carolina.

Kenny and his partner won the first ever 2003 Southeastern Fly Fishing Master's competition sponsored by OLN and continued to represent our area in the national 2003 Fly Fishing Masters. He has been featured in Our State Magazine. He is considered one of the topmost fishing guides in the area to go to whether fishing our mountain streams or the renowned tailwaters in Eastern Tennessee. He is most knowledgeable concerning the fly fishing industry.

Susan

Susan is co-owner and grew up in the Black Mountain area. As a Biology teacher, she is passionate about the outdoors and has been fly fishing since 1992. She works in the store when she isn't teaching. Susan attended Joan Wulff's Fly Casting Instructor's school in 2007. She is involved with planning instructional programs and guides in her spare time.

Jerry

Jerry is a native Western North Carolinian who has been fly fishing all his life. He has a love of both our local streams and our local bluegrass music. He is perfectly at home guiding on our small mountain streams and our Tennessee tailwaters. Jerry's wealth of knowledge about fishing and Bluegrass music will certainly keep you entertained. Jerry is also a musician and hosts "Goin' Across the Mountain" on WNCW Radio every Saturday afternoon.

Johnny

Johnny was born and raised in South Carolina but now calls Black Mountain his home. Johnny guides and works in the store part time. He is experienced in both fresh and salt water fishing. He first started fly fishing at age 12. He and his grandfather would fish wild streams above White Water Falls located in upstate South Carolina. His first trout was a 12" brown that took a male Adams Dry Fly. He has been passionate about fly fishing ever since that moment. Johnny loves to help others hook and land their first trout and continues to feel the same excitement for them as he felt as a 12 year old boy. Catch Johnny any given day helping customers and informing them of our local area.

Jay

Jay is a native of Western North Carolina and guides for trout, smallmouth bass, and muskie. He is an avid outdoorsman who loves to hunt when fishing isn't keeping him busy. Jay is comfortable in all types of fishing, either fresh or saltwater, and is also one of our tailwater guides.