Showy Orchis along Little River in the Smokies. Wildflowers are in bloom everywhere http://twitpic.com/4pd9hh # Need a good reason to wear sunglasses while fishing streamers from a boat? @HeadhuntersFly can show you a good one http://ow.ly/4G317 # Beautiful photo of a newt in the Smokies from @LightOfTheWild http://ow.ly/4G4Uq # Good local coverage from the Knoxville […]
The Season is Upon Us!
We’ve already done a ton of guiding this spring, but this is the week when we shift gears into overdrive. We have guided trips in the Smokies, tailwater floats, and our annual Hazel Creek fish camp this weekend. That’s followed by more of the same next week followed by the Townsend TroutFest next weekend. If […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-04-24
Thought we could see hoar frost on the peaks of the Smokies this morning. Leconte Lodge confirms our suspicion. http://ow.ly/4BZjq # Recent heavy rains mean East TN tailwaters will continue to have high flows. Just when we were getting back in the swing of rowing the boat! # Park service finds Smokies brook trout restoration […]
Quick Pic: First Smallmouth Bass Float of the Season
David Anderson shows off this beast he caught on our first smallmouth bass float of the season. Fishing was generally slow as the water was murky with only about three feet of visibility from thunderstorms the night before. All fish were caught on streamers stripped slow in quiet water with sink tip fly lines. While […]
Brown Trout Day on the Tuckaseegee River
Our local tailwaters, the Clinch and Holston Rivers, are running far too much water right now but the wet spring we’ve had makes for good floating on the Tuckaseegee in western North Carolina. It’s a little further than we typically drive for a spring float but the commute is spectacular! The view on our drive […]
Tuckaseegee Float and We Finally See Some Bears
I was scheduled to do a float on Tuesday and the high water situation on our local TVA tailwaters just wasn’t negotiable. Fortunately we can be on the Tuckaseegee River in western North Carolina with a slightly longer drive and the drive across the Smokies is among the most scenic in the nation. We’ve been […]
High Water and Our First Trip Up High for Brookies
Right now water is high in the Smokies but fishable. You’ll need to move about from one spot to the next without being able to fish every last yard of stream. We’ve had quite a bit of water this spring and water levels aren’t falling very fast. This isnt’ necessarily a bad thing; fish like […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-04-17
Smallmouth anglers impacted more than trout fishermen after Gatlinburg sewage spill. Many hope high water diluted it http://ow.ly/4xwYu # We still haven't seen a bear in the Smokies this spring. No wonder, they went to the beach. http://ow.ly/4xbKa # Was a great weekend for "Casting for Recovery" in Gatlinburg. Charity was there with many others. […]
Fly Fishing with Streamers on the Clinch River
The Clinch has had a long run with one of our favorite flows, one generator, but the fishing remains a little tough. I had a guided float today and the river produced, but didn’t exactly show off. Absolutely nothing happened on nymphs today and there were few insects moving. Everything we saw was midges, no […]
Beautiful Spring Day for Fly Fishing in the Smokies
A beautiful day on the Little River in the Tennessee Smokies I’m tempted to say it was a beautiful day to be out on the river and just let the photo do all the talking, but I’m sure you’d like a few more details. There […]
