Bill Vanderford owns Georgia's oldest registered fishing guide service and offers a wide variety of whole or half day trips on Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River. In 1993 Bill was inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a "Legendary Guide".  Bill offers educational guide services for all types of fish and wildlife tours, and fly fishing for trout, spotted bass, striped bass, and panfish. This site also sells copies of Bill's hit books, Secrets of Fishing Lake Lanier and The New Guide to Bank Fishing on Lake Lanier, and numerous combinations of his world-renowned Swirleybird Spinners™.

Welcome to Fishing Lanier with Bill Vanderford, specializing in professionally guided, educational fishing trips and wildlife tours on the Upper and Lower Chattahoochee River and Lake Lanier, including fly fishing.  Bill Vanderford also sells educational fishing books, Swirleybird jewelry, and Greeting cards for all occasions with Bill's award-winning photography and words by internationally-famous travel writer, Chris McBeath.  

Wildlife Tours are becoming very popular with parents and children on Lake Lanier and especially on the Upper and Lower Chattahoochee River.  For folks from the city or the densely-populated suburbs, these trips are and excellent opportunity to see and learn about wildlife and nature at her best! 

We hope you will enjoy and learn from the information presented about our Guide Service, Lake Lanier, and the Chattahoochee River.  While you're here, why don't you take a trip over to The Tackle Shop?   Order your copy of Bill's best-seller Secrets of Fishing Lake Lanier and The New Guide To Bank Fishing on Lake Lanier and get your very own Swirleybird Spinner™.

Each month we feature a fishing newsletter, so please come back often or sign up for these to be delivered right to your E-mailbox.

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Bill Fishes with Former President George Bush

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