Spring is truly here in East Tennessee and fly fishing has been great this week. The dogwoods are starting to bloom, hatches are taking place on the rivers, trout are rising, and even the smallmouth bass are beginning to take flies. We started the week in the Smokies. Greg and Frank Norris walked into the […]
We Take a Break to Fly Fish the North Carolina Side of the Smokies
Last week Charity and I looked at the calendar and saw that this was the last week we had with much time off. After this week we’ll be guiding at least 5 days a week. (There’s still some availability if you need a guide, but you don’t want to wait any longer before booking a […]
Young Anglers Learn to Fly Fish in the Smoky Mountains
Charity here… Let me start by saying Thursday was an excellent day for fly fishing in the Smokies! I had the pleasure of teaching two enthusiastic kids how to cast a fly rod and then put their skills to work on the river. Daniel, 12 & Darcy 11 are on spring break and visiting their […]
Our First Smallmouth Outing of the Season
While Charity was guiding anglers in the Smokies Tim Doyle and I headed out to scout the smallmouth situation. Last season’s drought made trout fishing pretty tough on a lot of rivers and streams in Tennessee, but we had exceptional fly fishing for smallies on several rivers. Tennessee is blessed with a tremendous number of […]
Great Dry Fly Fishing in Smoky Mountain Streams in Spite of Cold Snap
After yesterday’s scattered snow showers and hard freeze last night, temperatures slowly grew milder today. I took Zeke Foard and his grandson Joshua out for a day of fishing. It was Josh’s first experience fly fishing and Zeke and excited to see him catch his first trout. We started out fishing some beadheads and covering […]
Spring Fly Fishing Continues to Build in the Smoky Mountains and on Tennessee’s Tailwaters
Fly fishing in the Smoky Mountains continues to build as spring progresses. Hatches are beginning earlier in the day, sometimes as early as 11:00 AM, and continuing a little later into the afternoon. Most of our experience in the national park has been on Little River but you can be sure the same trend is […]
Tennessee Fly Fishing Season Off to a Big Start for Guides in the Smokies
Spring fly fishing in the Smoky Mountains and Tennessee has been nothing short of phenomenal. Our guide season has really kicked into gear over the last week and we’ve been spending lots of time on the water. In fact, this post is probably several days late, but we’ll get you up to date. Fly Fishing […]
Winter Returns Briefly While Charity Goes Out of Her Way to Make Everyone Look Inferior
And it was 70 degrees 2 days earlier….. Fly fishing in the Smoky Mountains has gotten off to a great start this spring. We’ve been doing some guiding but our schedules don’t really kick in until next week so we’ve been spending as much time as possible fishing for ourselves. This last weekend saw a […]
You shoulda been there….
We don’t mean to taunt, but I hope you’re getting something valuable accomplished if you haven’t been fishing in the past 3 days. I said it in the last report, but let me reiterate: Spring fly fishing in the Smokies is here! I hit Little River yesterday with my good fishing buddy Doug Sanders and […]
Spring Fly Fishing has Arrived in Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
Spring seems to have arrived in the rivers and streams of the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee along with the great fly fishing that goes with it. We’re now officially in the month of March. We picked up our new Tennessee fishing license yesterday on the way to the water. Flowers and trout stream insects […]
