Where the Banjos Play: Fly Fishing in the South

Where the Banjos Play

Fly Fishing in the South

Greetings Ya'll,

My name is Craig Holman and I live in Atlanta, GA, home to Southern Fly Fishing. I have been fishing my entire life, catching my first first fish at my grandma's at the age of 5, it was a catfish. Since then I have had tight line fever and my fishing has evolved from an enjoyable hobby/interest to an obsession. I have fished around the world, from the ponds on Amish farms in Lancaster, PA to open ocean of Cairns, Australia. It wasn't until my a trip to a cattle ranch outside Aspen, CO, that my fishing focus started to zero in on the sport of fly fishing.

After graduating from Franklin & Marshall College, I moved to south where I could enjoy warm weather, Southern Belles and of course lots of fishing. When I arrived in Atlanta, I was already planning to leave, my college buddies and I had planned one last adventure before we started our journey into the real world. We were embarking on a 6wk RV trip around the Western United States and having only gone out fly fishing a handful of times, I turned to would become my local fly shop, The Fish Hawk, for help. Well its been over four years and fly fishing has taken an entirely new role in my life. These are the experiences , stories, thoughts and everything else that has made fly fishing apart of my lifestyle.