High Flying Flies Guide Service

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High Flying Flies Guide Service is a fishing guide service based in Bristol, Tennessee. They offer year-round float trips on the South Holston and Watauga Rivers, targeting brown and rainbow trout.

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Fishing Types: Fly Fishing, Trout Fishing

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Typical flow by month

2017 to 2026

The water at High Flying Flies Guide Service typically runs highest in February, at a median 2,010 cfs, and lowest in September, at 485 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,000 cfs, in 2024.

Typical flow by month at Watauga River at Elizabethton, TN, in cfs
Month	Typical (cfs)	Usual range (cfs)
January	1,280	627 to 1,990
February	2,010	1,115 to 2,550
March	1,450	741 to 2,520
April	1,040	581 to 2,180
May	1,300	771 to 2,200
June	992	835 to 1,460
July	835	746 to 1,100
August	997	777 to 1,250
September	485	368 to 720
October	662	399 to 1,090
November	847	448 to 1,365
December	922	491 to 1,870

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 10 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Watauga River at Elizabethton, TN (site 03486000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

73Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sat, Sep 26 (96)

Streamflow

533 cfs

Normal (48th)

Water level

3.28 ft

High today

77°F

Wind

6 kt

Gusts 15 kt

Rain chance

60%

Week ahead

Tue77°F60%

Wed73°F50%

Thu62°F50%

Fri74°F0%

Sat74°F1%

Sun76°F0%

Mon77°F2%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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