Looks like it’s a rough week to be a fly fisher around East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. We’ve seen quite a bit of rain over the weekend and more continues to fall. All the mountain streams are running high and the TVA has the tailwaters running at the moment to keep reservoirs levels at […]
Weather Rolls In Over the Smokies
It’s been a wet day here in East Tennessee and it looks like the next few days will continue with that pattern. So far the rivers are in good shape and we have our fingers crossed that things will stay that way. Here’s a time lapse video of weather rolling in over the mountains near […]
Tis the Season for Winter Nymphing
It’s that time of year here in the Smokies. We’d really like to get over on the Clinch, Holston, or Hiwassee more but erratic generation schedules are keeping us tight to the Smokies most of the time. If you only get to the Smokies every few weeks or months you don’t see the day to […]
Settling In To The Off Season
It’s December and our guide season is over for all practical reasons. We’ll certainly take a few folks out on a few days over the next few months, but this is far from what we call our season when we’re on the water almost everyday. We’ve answered a few emails over the holiday concerning the […]
Today We’re Thankful For…
Anyone who follows fly fishing in the Southeast knows it’s been a rough year. We started out with high water, then progressed to outrageously high water earlier in the year. By the time we got to our big fall season we had a 17 day government shutdown keep us out of national parks and deprive […]
Winter Fly Fishing Has Arrived
Fleece jacket… Check! Warm hat and fingerless gloves… Check! Fly box of nymphs… Check! Split shots… Check! Are you set for winter fly fishing because it’s here. We always say that Thanksgiving week is usually the best landmark on the calendar to expect winter to set in and that’s certainly the case this year. Cold […]
Fish While You Can
We’ve entered that shoulder fishing season now that really isn’t one of those main events of the year, but perhaps the most important. No, it’s not the ever popular spring dry fly fishing or colorful falling fishing but the “get it while you can” fishing. We’re quickly moving into late November and the weather is […]
Transformation from Photo, to Sketch, to Painting
We wanted to share this transformation of one of our photos we posted recently. Nate Karns is an artist who is an East Tennessee native now living over in Arkansas, but his love of trout and fly fishing are apparent to anyone who’s seen his work. Nate recently contacted us to check if it was […]
Novembrrrrrrrr
Let me tell you something kiddies….. It’s cold out there! The weather we’ve seen would be pretty standard issue for January but it’s been a shock to the system in November. Yesterday we saw temperatures plummet as snow fell in the Smokies. A great day to stay home and do some blogging or read a […]
Winter to Make Its Debut in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
We’ve seen some classic November weather lately. Sunny but cool afternoons after frosty mornings but change is coming along fast! We’ve already seen the first several days with water temperatures down in the 40’s in the Smokies and we don’t expect things to warm up much over the next few days. If anything they will […]