Elk River Guided Drift Boat Trip

Interests: When I decided to guide, I wanted to set myself apart as much as possible from the rest of the pack and give anglers a top tier experience. When I decided to run my own guide service, it was the same. From the gear we use to the freshly grilled stream side lunches, its all to give our anglers the best experience possible. You might be in the same sweet boat on the same awesome river as the angler yesterday, but every trip we run is custom to each angler. Come and experience what Southern Pines Guide Service Has to offer!!

Bio: Our guide, Captain DeRight, has over 25 years of combined angling and guiding experience. As a child growing up in the Midwest, he fished farm ponds, streams, and lakes for warm water species with gear. As years went on, he became very adept in chasing Bass and other species with conventional gear. His focus became preparing to fish tournaments for bass. He was backed by multiple industry leading tackle and gear companies and won youth casting competitions in the late 90’s. Directions changed after Relocating to the southeast in the mid 2000’s. While continuing to fish, he found it was more fulfilling to share the passion of fishing with others. In 2008 he took a break from guiding and fishing in order to serve his country in the United States Marine Corps. He became hooked on fly fishing in 2009 after fly fishing for the first time on the Hiwassee River located in East Tennessee. From then on, he attended every fly fishing class or event he could find. After spending as much of his free time on the water as he could, he started to realize there was nothing more fulfilling than guiding others. He attended the Sweetwater Guide school in 2017 and then Captains School to become a USCG Licensed Captain. He regularly states, “I’d rather give anglers their best day on the water, than be fishing myself.”