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 […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-04-01
A Smoky Mountain rainbow trout seconds after release http://t.co/5GGxQV4X # A blog post sure to make Tenkara enthusiasts mess their cage http://t.co/Iam20hqR # Talk about snakes and wear these shoes to keep other anglers off of your favorite secret backcountry streams http://t.co/DAgxpWDd # Already excited about our September trip to TroutHunter. Great piece about their […]
Quick Pic: Tailwater Rainbow Trout on a Midge
Now that fly fishing on the Clinch, Holston, and other tailwaters is an option it’s time to dig out the small flies. We were a little disturbed today when some dimpling trout easily resisted a #18 Zebra Midge, but all of them took a #20. One of the beautiful mysteries of fly fishing: fish not […]
Fly Fishing is Strong Everywhere in East Tennessee
If you haven’t gotten out on the water, what are you waiting for? Water conditions in the Smokies have been a tad on the high side, but fishing has been very good. TVA has cut generation significantly so river flows are superb on the tailwaters. We have some more time allotted to get on the […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-03-25
Yellowstone Park to increase fishing permit fees. Added revenue for lake trout removal & native fish restoration http://t.co/INCfbfZg # From our fishing report: We camped & fly fished in Cataloochee Valley before our guide season kicks into overdrive http://t.co/JaiYimWi # From our fishing report: High water in the Smokies but conditions mprove on the tailwaters […]
Tailwater Fly Fishers, Your Long Wait May Be Over
In most years TVA will start to drain reservoirs in August and we’ll see medium to high flows into December, sometimes early January. Then flows are typically a mixed bag, sometimes good and sometimes tough until spring when TVA cuts flows to fill the reservoirs. This year has been a tough one due to weather […]
High Water in the Smokies But Things Starting to Improve on the Tailwaters
Phenomenal evening light over the Smoky Mountains as the skies clear after heavy rain last weekend It was a tough weekend to be a fly fisherman in the Smokies and we’ll just go ahead and say it was probably even tougher to be a fly fishing guide in the Smokies. Water levels were pretty high […]
A Few Days of Camping and Fly Fishing in Cataloochee Valley
Last week was spring break for our 6-year old daughter, Willow, so we took her and our 2-year old son Boone for a camping trip before our guide season really kicks into overdrive. The kids enjoy being outside and always get a kick out of seeing animals, so Cataloochee Valley with its elk herd was […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-03-18
From our fishing report: We're keeping a close eye on both the weather and river flows http://t.co/QhSreXrJ #Smokies #flyfishing # US Forest Service seeking public comments regarding road improvements in Chattahoochee National Forest by April 13 http://t.co/YyyHwzOl # This close up image of an adipose fin shows how mud red coloration our Smoky Mountain brown […]
