Skip to content
South Holston Angler
South Holston Angler

South Holston Angler

South Holston Angler is a fishing guide service based in Bluff City, Tennessee. It operates on the South Holston River. The guides fish these rivers year-round.

Fishing GuideFly FishingTrout Fishing
Visit websiteCall

Gallery

Trip details

Fishing Types
Fly Fishing, Trout Fishing

Angler reviews

5.0on Google, 75 reviews
Read the reviews on Google Maps

Rating from Google.

Around here

Around South Holston Angler

Little Oak Campground8 miSycamore Shoals State Historic Park…10.3 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2026

The water at South Holston Angler 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.

Show the numbers
Typical flow by month at Watauga River at Elizabethton, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1,280627 to 1,990
February2,0101,115 to 2,550
March1,450741 to 2,520
April1,040581 to 2,180
May1,300771 to 2,200
June992835 to 1,460
July835746 to 1,100
August997777 to 1,250
September485368 to 720
October662399 to 1,090
November847448 to 1,365
December922491 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

Today · Fri

95Go/ 100

FogHigh 65°F, low 51°FRain 0%Wind 6 kt, gusts 17

Streamflow

384 cfs

Normal (26th)

Water level

3.02 ft

Air quality

20 Good

Bristol monitor, 19 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 8.5 ft. NWS reads 4.43 ft here.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →