The R & R Fly Fishing April Newsletter is out with info about the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee tailwaters http://t.co/mNAJrCPw # Smokies fishing trail info: Chimney Tops trail closed Mondays – Thursdays April 30 – October 18 for trail maintenance http://t.co/tLZU3djY # A 2 minute vacation on a brook trout stream somewhere in North […]
Tailwater Conditions Continue to Improve in East Tennessee
Eric Wetherington shows off a 16″ rainbow trout he caught on a float trip with a #16 Zelon Nymph. Things actually started off pretty slow and while we had a few rising fish, it wasn’t as many as I’d seen only a couple of days earlier. The afternoon session got pretty hot and heavy with […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-04-15
A young angler with his first trout on a fly http://t.co/tFL8c6n6 # Our latest fishing report finds us all over the Smokies & tailwaters. It's prime time in East Tennessee! http://t.co/YPuPsyUf # It's a Speck. If you're not from the Smoky Mountains you might call it a native brook trout or brookie. http://t.co/PLgdfdTZ # Forest […]
Tailwater Fly Fishing on Fire in East Tennessee
We’ve waited a long time. In fact it was way back in the fall since fishing was much to talk about on the Clinch and Holston Rivers. Even then generation schedules were sketchy, but it’s on and in full effect now! TVA cut the flows back several weeks ago, but the bugs and fish have […]
Dropper Rigs Keep the Action Fast and Furious in the Smokies
Charity and Shrish Rane teamed up to get this photo a few days back on Little River. Charity held the leader and acted as art director, instructing Shrish on the best way to get this underwater photo. Shrish was excited for the opportunity to do some dry fly fishing since he doesn’t get to do […]
Quick Pic: Speck
“Speck” or native brook trout if you’re a Yankee…
Weekly Digest for 2012-04-08
A sure sign spring is here to stay: Morels in the Smoky Mountains http://t.co/Y2YmANZH # A cool real time map of wind in the US http://t.co/n4fpQeKm # From our fishing report: Sure signs of spring in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains http://t.co/RKiKTgfi # A wild rainbow trout goes back home in a stream off […]
Opportunities to Volunteer for Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries
Here are a number of events going on this year in Great Smoky Mountains National Park where volunteers are needed. Most people don’t realize it, but much of what is accomplished in the park is done through the efforts of volunteers including trail maintenance, visitor relations, and fisheries management. TroutFest is an event organized by […]
Uncommon Photos from the Smokies
Okay, a photo of a brook trout and another of bears from the Smoky Mountains aren’t all that uncommon, but the circumstances around them are unusual. We take photos of brook trout all the time from April through October, but we don’t usually take photos of them where this one was caught. I guided Chris […]
Sure Signs of Spring
We have some undeniable signs of spring here in East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains. From a fly fishing point of view the fish are rising in the Smokies and TVA has cut flows from the dams. We can finally fish the Clinch & Holston any day of the week. But there are […]
