You’ve probably heard the old saying “When is the best time to fish? Any time you can!” We’ve always agreed with that sentiment but with the current water situation it’s taken on a deeper meaning. Our creeks have been blown out for more than half of the past week and our tailwaters… Well, at least […]
How Does All this Rain Affect the Fishing?
We hear it all the time. “How does (insert weather condition) affect the fishing?” At the moment we’re pushing a 14″ surplus for rainfall and the year isn’t even half way through yet. So, as you might imagine, we’re getting tons of questions about how all this water influences fishing and fish populations. In the […]
Educational Time Out
Does all the high water have you down? This is the perfect opportunity to take the time to learn something about your chosen avocation of fly fishing. Save yourself the effort of listening to the local fly shop jabber or attending a seminar and check out what Hank Patterson has to say about fly fishing […]
A New Week, Same Weather Forecast
It’s a new week here in East Tennessee but the weather forecast looks pretty familiar. We’ve got more rain forecast for the coming week, but hopefully the rain won’t be so heavy and the streams can absorb it without another blowout. June and July are thunderstorm season in the Smokies, but it’s virtually unheard of […]
Happy Fathers Day
7 year old Sophia helps her dad land a nice trout on a recent float trip. We don’t usually recommend floats with young kids as the days can be a little long and hot, but Sophia was really excited about the day. She even hooked a few fish herself. Kudos to Shrish for bringing here […]
Another Round of High Water in the Smokies
This has been one helluva season… More high water than we can ever remember even though we get plenty of fishing in between rounds. You might say that we’ve been furloughed once again. Notice how under the best of days we running no less than twice the typical volume of water. And by the way, […]
Tips for Fishing With Kids
Fathers’ Day weekend is a great time for us pass on some tips for fly fishing with kids. We guide customers who bring their children along and we have two young children ourselves. Kids naturally love the outdoors and water so they should have fun, but there are plenty of ways to mess it up. […]
Watching River Flows and the Weather Forecast
I won’t lie. It’s been a pretty frustrating couple of weeks for us and likely other fly fishing guides across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountain region. Depending on the day, sometimes even the hour, we have flows that are blown out or fishable. That’s forced us and our anglers to be as flexible as […]
Have a Plan B Prepared
We’re accustomed to some blown out days in March and April when strong fronts can dump some major rain on the Smokies and East Tennessee. This has been a pretty regular thing this year and we’re well into June! Depending on the flavor of fishing you’re looking for, you may or may not find something […]
Rain Keeping the Rivers Full and Us On Our Toes
I’ve been on the water doing some smallmouth trips lately, but the current rain situation is keeping those rivers muddy. We’re waiting on them to clear and hope next week turns out better than this one. With the record drought years of 2007 – 08 still fresh in our mind it seems strange to complain […]