Tony Brooks - Hendersonville, NC
Tony is the son of an East Tennessee native and fishes with his 80 year old dad often. He has lived in East TN and WNC since 1986.He has nearly 40 years of fly fishing experience which began on the Davidson River in the Pisgah National Forest and Big Santeehlah Creek in Graham County, NC.
He is a member of the Hilltop Fly Tyers , a Master Angler volunteer for the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education , a Casting For Recovery River Helper and has served four co-current terms as president of the French Broad Fly Fishers – a Federation of Fly Fishers Charter Club. This is his second season on Team Stonefly.
He started guiding wade and float trips commercially in 2009. He enjoys floating the South Holston, Watauga or Tuckaseegee rivers for trout and the French Broad and Pigeon rivers for smallmouth bass. In the last four decades, he has covered hundreds of miles of well known and little known trout streams in WNC, East TN and the Smokies. Occasionally, he has found his way to Montana to fish the Big Horn.
"I am a fly fishing enthusiast because of the simultaneous simplicity and complexity. Fly fishing offers something new on every trip."
He is a member of the Hilltop Fly Tyers , a Master Angler volunteer for the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education , a Casting For Recovery River Helper and has served four co-current terms as president of the French Broad Fly Fishers – a Federation of Fly Fishers Charter Club. This is his second season on Team Stonefly.
He started guiding wade and float trips commercially in 2009. He enjoys floating the South Holston, Watauga or Tuckaseegee rivers for trout and the French Broad and Pigeon rivers for smallmouth bass. In the last four decades, he has covered hundreds of miles of well known and little known trout streams in WNC, East TN and the Smokies. Occasionally, he has found his way to Montana to fish the Big Horn.
"I am a fly fishing enthusiast because of the simultaneous simplicity and complexity. Fly fishing offers something new on every trip."