R & R Fly Fishing | Promote Your Page Too After the great fishing Charity and I had yesterday, I went back in the park with my fishing buddy Doug Sanders today. We went up Little River and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. All that snow was melting today and […]
Warmer Weather and Tailwater Generation Schedules Combine for Good Conditions
|Â Promote Your Page Too By now everyone knows that we’ve been in the grip of winter for quite a while now. This has been the coldest and snowiest winter in recent memory. We’ve had only a few days without any snow here in Townsend. We’re low enough that the snow hasn’t been too much of […]
Snowy Day in the Smokies
|Â Promote Your Page Too It’s yet another snowy day here in the Smoky Mountains. The same system that brought snow to the deep south gave us a little bit as well. Roads were closed in the park today so we couldn’t get to our favorite runs of water to do some fishing. We parked at […]
Snow But Good Water Levels in the Smokies
Promote Your Page Too There was a good bit of snow here in the Smoky Mountains today and most of the roads were closed. We got a good bit of rain yesterday, but water levels didn’t rise as much as I expected they would. Streams are easily fishable and water should be in good shape […]
Water is Marginally Fishable in the Smokies
It’s been a long winter. If the water has been in good shape it’s also been bitterly cold. If the weather is negotiable like today, the water levels are marginal. There is snow above 2500′ in the Smokies and water levels have been falling steadily for the last few days. Stream levels in the Smokies […]
Heavy Rains Cause Several Landslides Around the Smokies
Heavy rains here in the Smokies have brought stream levels up and brought some unstable slopes down. Yesterday Little River Road was closed for a little while because of a minor landslide. It mustn’t have been much since the road is open today. Highway 441 between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg experienced a major slide about […]
Expect Water Levels to Rise in the Smokies
It’s been a tough winter for fly fishing in the Smokies. This week hasn’t been bad, but unfortunately, Charity and I have had enough appointments and chores to take care of that we just haven’t been able to get out on the water. Today I couldn’t stand it and managed to sneak away to take […]
We Survive the Charlotte Fly Fishing Show
It was a long weekend but we survived. We left Townsend last Thursday to get our booth set up at the Charlotte Fly Fishing Show and didn’t make it back home until last night. Anyone who even casually passed a television set over the weekend or lives anywhere in the Southeast knows what the weather […]
The Water’s High and the Weather’s Going Downhill
I’ve spent the past two days working on our newsletter, but it doesn’t seem like I’ve missed any fishing. The water is still dropping, but it’s been high since the weekend. Now we’re looking straight down the barrel of a winter storm approaching the Smokies this weekend. Charity and I will be in Charlotte at […]
Women’s Fly Fishing School at Lake Logan, NC May 28 – 30
Charity has coordinated with Starr Nolan of Brookside Guides in Ashevile for this fun weekend. Join them for a great 3 day weekend at Lake Logan Center.  As usual, the class will be at the beautiful and historic Sit N’Whittle Lodge and the surrounding cabins so there will be plenty of space for the wine […]
