[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49ZtxD6ptU[/youtube] We’ve had a wet spring in the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee and this has led to a few days of blown out streams, but fishing has been excellent for the most part. The large tailwater rivers have been too high most of the time for effective fishing, but we have found a few […]
Volunteer Opportunities With Fisheries Biologists in the Great Smoky Mountains
Many of our customers are amazed at how much we know about the trout in the Smokies. We spend quite a bit of time fishing on the streams, but we’re also quick to point out that the time we spend helping fisheries biologists on the streams has added a tremendous amount to our knowledge. Every […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-04-03
2nd hiker in a week rescued from Smokies backcountry. Both went off trail & got in trouble. No cell signal and terrain is ROUGH! # Congratulations to Broderick Crawford, winning artist for TroutFest Journal Cover Contest http://ow.ly/4npRg #TroutFest #FlyFishing #Smokies # The view from Newfound Gap looking into TN yesterday. Ridge tops over the clouds. […]
Quick Pic: Tuckaseegee River Brown Trout
One of many brown trout that took a streamer when we floated the Tuckaseegee River near Dillsboro, NC. Most fish were in this size range along with a few rainbows and a couple of brook trout.
Guides’ Day Off
It wasn’t a full day on the water. We had a number of things to get done, but the weather was just too nice to let the whole afternoon slide by. Charity and I managed to squeak two hours out of our afternoon to run up to the river and took turns with the fly […]
Our Fly Patterns & Books Are Now Available in Our Online Store
Many of you remember back when we had a small online store where we sold our books, DVD’s, and Fly of the Month subscriptions. When we upgraded our website we had to change everything or nothing and our online store was a casualty of the process since it wasn’t compatible with the new site. We […]
Smokies Still the Only Game Around for Wading Anglers
Up to this point there hasn’t been any tailwater fishing for wading fly fishers here in East Tennessee. Those with boats have experienced some good to excellent fishing on the Hiwassee, South Holston, and Watauga Rivers but the majority of anglers have been left to fish the mountains streams. Fortunately they’ve fished well and the […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-03-27
The Thingamabody is to terrestrial fly patterns what the Thingamabobber was to strike indicators http://ow.ly/4ioZQ #FlyFishing # Townsend TroutFest is 2 months away! Have you made reservations for a room or cabin yet? Don't wait too long! http://ow.ly/4ioJ8 #TroutFest # Potential traffic snarl at the Townsend entrance to the Smokies this summer http://ow.ly/4iHKW #Smokies # […]
Dogwood Winter Comes to East Tennessee
We had a very strong cold front pass through last night with strong storms. I managed to wrap up a decent yet windy day of guided fishing yesterday just before it all broke loose. Right on time, just as the dogwoods are blooming, we have a cold snap. Nothing serious but after a string of […]
Quick Pic: Dry Fly Brown Trout
Some dry fly goodness from the Smoky Mountains
