Asheville Fishing Guide Profiles | Southern Appalachian Anglers LLC

It is our goal to keep our guide team small to provide our customers with high quality service. All of our guides are lifelong outdoor enthusiasts. They are patient, courteous, knowledgeable, and professional. In order to be industry leaders, all of our guides are local instructors with 15 plus years of experience fishing rivers, creeks, and lakes all around Western North Carolina. Southern Appalachian Anglers is one of Asheville's only fly fishing guide service that offers wade, float, backcountry and bass fishing trips year-round. Learn more about our expert guide staff below!

Mitch Carter was raised exploring and fishing the rivers, creeks, and streams of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. He claims that his mother, grandfather, and many good mentors shaped him into the angler he is today. A native to WNC, Mitch will fish for anything that swims in the WNC/ETN region. When Mitch isn’t guiding fishing trips, he enjoys fishing for himself, with friends, family, and his loyal blue heeler dog, Bo. Mitch has turned hobby into passion and is always looking for ways to sharpen his craft. Feel free to ask him any questions about life in the mountains, or anything about the area in general.

Katie Carter has always loved and appreciated the sport of fishing since she was a little girl and fishing with her grandpa along the creek bank. Born and raised in WNC, she grew up on a ranch surrounded by horses, dogs, and family. After marrying Guide Mitch Carter in 2018, her knowledge and love of fly fishing grew exponentially, and continues today. She is currently pursuing her BA in Dance Studies at Appalachian State University and hopes to eventually open a local dance studio in her community. When she is not in school or booking trips, she is somewhere in a comfy chair holding a cup of tea and her nose in a book.