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 […]
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
Quick Pic: Quill Gordon
The weather is great, water levels in the Smokies are very good, and the fish are rising. We’ll see you on the water.
Water Levels Getting More Manageable in the Smokies
We’ve gotten pretty used to fishing high water in the Smokies recently. The water has been fishable, you just had to pick and choose your spots. That’s likely to be the case for a few more days, but things are getting to the point where flows are more manageable than they’ve been in a couple […]
Quick Pic: First Trout on Fly
Wells Sharp from Alabama shows off his first trout on a fly rod. A great way to start with a very nice wild brown trout caught on a dry fly in the Smokies.
Rivers are Rolling But Hatches Continue in the Smokies
The season is officially under way for us here at R&R Fly Fishing. We have anglers on the water every day this week. We’ve had some guide trips up to this point, but those had a pre-season kind of feel to them even though our anglers caught plenty of fish. We always did better than […]
Video Fly Fishing Report – Early March 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JxXhuq6NCE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] We got off to an early start with nice weather arriving in late February. It looks like we’re making up for it now since we’ve had quite a bit of rain over the last week or so. This has caused plenty of high water. The Quill Gordons started to hatch but the high water […]
Heavy Rain & High Water Across the Southern Appalachians
Rivers and streams were already pretty high before more heavy rain arrived yesterday. There wasn’t much to do besides get some work done inside, then take a drive up the river just to see the high water. We’ll typically see the water this high once or twice a year, but it doesn’t get much higher […]
