Got a yen to fly fish? Bear River Lodge features miles of private trout stream for your enjoyment. In addition to having a “National Heritage” Trout Stream right outside our gates. The French Broad River, just a few miles away, is an ideal place to go after smallmouth bass !! Madison County, North Carolina is home to some of THE most beautiful and plentiful trout waters in America. The unprecedented beauty of the landscape, the breathtaking streams and rivers cascading through pristine national forests, and dependable stocks of rainbow, brown, and brook trout set the stage for THE fly fishing experience of a lifetime. Hot Springs is in the northwestern corner of Madison County and is an epicenter for fly fishing. Within ten miles there are at least half a dozen world-class fishing streams, creeks, and rivers: Spring Creek, the French Broad River, Meadow Fork Creek, Hickey Fork Creek, Big Laurel Creek, and Shelton Laurel Creek