It’s that time of year here in the Smokies when we have our best shots at hooking up with the really big fish. We’re not talking about 12″ – 14″ fish that put a lump in your throat when they eat your dry fly in May. We’re talking about fish that would be considered big […]
A Warm, Wet Week of Fishing Ahead
It looks like we’re in for a generally warm week with some rainy weather here in the Smoky Mountain region. That’s not really a bad thing when you consider it’s mid-November and by the time it gets this late in the year rain could easily be snow in the mountains. We saw some very cold […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-11-13
Virginia Rivers Defense Fund gets some help from @Patagonia in their fight to maintain public access to Virginia rivers http://t.co/6MkPoYt9 # Virginia brook trout streams seeing a recovery from acid deposition http://t.co/cisWzshx # R&R Fly Fishing is now up on Google+ http://t.co/OCjAUORH # Great Smoky Mountains National Park adopts long-term elk plan now that experimental […]
Spawning Brown Trout
It’s that time of year when we can expect to see brown trout spawing on shallow gravel bars anywhere from the Smoky Mountains to the South Holston and Watauga tailwaters. No other time of year allows a better time to see big fish. They don’t generally eat while they’re spawning and most anglers consider it […]
Fishing Conditions Gradually Changing as the Seasons Turn
There isn’t any earth shattering change in the fishing conditions across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains, but for those of us who spend every day paying attention, the changes are noteworthy. TVA hasn’t been very cooperative this fall when it comes to generation schedules. We got out on the Clinch a few times, but […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-11-06
Eric Wetherington caught this 18" wild brown trout in the Smokies last weekend. Proud to be the guide! #flyfishing http://t.co/JOFz7ejy # A beautiful 18" wild brown trout caught in the Smokies last weekend. Notice the nymph in its mouth. #flyfishing http://t.co/8il3yyAV # Experiment aims to restore native brook trout in lower Sycamore Creek in TN's […]
We Still Know How to Fly Fish
We’re on the tail end of another busy guide season and starting to find some time to go fishing for ourselves. After weeks of being out on the water guiding and instructing fly fishing sometimes you start to wonder if you’d even remember how to get a good drift. Yesterday Charity and I were able […]
It’s November and the Trout are Still Rising in the Smokies
It’s the same old story every year. October in the Smokies is incredible with vibrant autumn colors, beautiful weather, rising trout, and plenty of fishermen on the river. Then when the calendar flips over to November most of the fishermen have called it a season but the color is still there, the weather is still […]
The Peak of Fall Fly Fishing in the Smokies
We’ve got to admit it. We’ve been more than a little let down by the TVA generation schedules over most of the fall season so far. Last autumn was so good on the Clinch that we’re still savoring it, but outside of a few weekend opportunities, we’ve been guiding almost exclusively in the Smokies since […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-10-30
From our fishing report: It's been a beautiful week of dry fly fishing in the Smokies http://t.co/dWeAqNVV #Smokies #flyfishing # In the old days stuff like this was known as "Natural Selection": Man Rescued from Inside Tree in California http://t.co/LFv5yctu # Powered by Twitter Tools
