- We’ve covered a lot of water in 2009! Here are some of our favorite moments from the mountains and rivers captured with a camera. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed being there!
A view of Mout Leconte from Townsend, TN on a winter day
View from the fly tying desk on a cold day last January, Townsend, TN
The drive through Cades Cove to Abrams Creek is as scenic as it gets
A beautiful picture of a brook trout from above
Daaaaad! Don't take your picture with my fish! Holston River, TN
Spring rainbow trout during the Quill Gordon hatch, Great Smoky Mountains National park
Wayne Stowers hooked up on Hazel Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
Charity fishes Hazel Creek upstream of camp
BBQ Ribs on Hazel Creek; Not a bad way to end a day of fishing.
Little River rainbow trout, Great Smoky Mountains
Michael Kennedy hooked up with a nice trout hooked on a dry fly from the drift boat, Holston River, Tennessee
Hooked up with a rainbow on the Clinch River, Tennessee
Nice brown trout during the Sulphur hatch on the Clinch River, TN
John Emert caught this beautiful rainbow on a #18 caddis dry fly on the Holston River, Tennessee
One of our favorite things: Colorful Smoky Mountain brook trout
A black bear eating poke berries, Townsend, TN
A curious deer fawn edges closer to investigate fly fishers on Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
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This Pigeon River smallmouth bass crushed a popper
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The Pigeon River upstream of Newport, Tennessee is a scenic and overlooked smallmouth bass river
This tiger striped smallmouth bass inhaled a brown and orange Clouser Minnow on Tennessee's Pigeon River
Did you miss this post last summer? Click the photo for the full story.
Casting terrestrials on Little River mid-summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Elk are part of the attraction when fishing in Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains
Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Montana
Lewis River Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Madison River rainbow trout, Yellowstone National Park, Montana
A brown trout holds in the current in Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The view from Newfound Gap on our commute to work guiding the Oconaluftee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A trout rises among leaves drifting in the current, Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
John Coley caught this beautiful wild brown trout in the backcountry on a dry fly, Little River, Great Smoky Mountains
That's a nice brown anywhere, but particularly for the wild streams of the Smokies, Oconaluftee River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Autumn scene on Hazel Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
Your moment of zen: The bright red adipose fin of a Smoky Mountain trout.
View from the Foothills Parkway on a beautiful fall afternoon
Jason Baumgardner says
Wonderful pictures from some great destinations. I want to get out and fish now!
Karen & Richard Flowers says
Sure enjoyed the 2009 pictures of the family and beautiful views of East Tennessee. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of your family from ours. Looking foward to the new newsletters.
David Knapp says
Love all the pictures but the one of the fawn in particular made me smile…curious definitely appears to be a good description! Lots of great fish as well…
steve says
great pictures Ian cannot wait until spring to get back on the water