December has come along in a big way. We’ve had high water here in the Smokies and now the cold weather has really set in. This week we got some fishing in while the weather was still a little mild and the water a little high. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVXJOZzThs4[/youtube] Water temperatures have been pretty cold so fishing […]
Water levels fall in the Smokies but increase on the Clinch
Charity and I got out on the water for a few hours in the Smokies yesterday. Stream levels were generally high, but the fishing wasn’t bad. We fished nymphs deep in calm pockets and got a surprisingly good number of strikes. Charity fished a Zelon Nymph and Pats Nymph with a split shot under a […]
Video Fishing Report – High Water in the Smoky Mountains
We had some big weather move through yesterday with high winds and heavy rain. Winds on the mountain tops were generally in the 50 mph range with a few gusts recorded around 90 mph. It all finished with cold weather and a dusting of snow. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRy9uDManSk[/youtube]
Cold Weather Arrives Right on Time
Here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains we can usually count on two things Thanksgiving week. It’s typically our last busy week of the guide season and cold weather usually sets in sometime that week. This year the best weather was on the front side of the holiday with near record warmth. Not much […]
Nymphing is the Best Method for Catching Trout
The warm weather has continued for quite a while here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains and we’ve taken as much advantage as we’ve been able. A front moved through the area yesterday with some rain and cooler temperatures, but nothing has changed much. Water conditions are just about perfect in the Smokies. I […]
Video Fishing Report – Smoky Mountains & Clinch River
We’ve been out on the water quite a bit over the past couple of weeks and had some great opportunities to get some excellent video of fishing and spawning brown trout in the Smoky Mountains. We also elaborate more on our last post regarding the Clinch River. You’ll see some excellent video from the Clinch. […]
Snow on the High Ridges of the Smoky Mountains
There’s still some fall color here in Townsend, but it’s certainly transitioning into a cooler season. As I type this snow is falling along the crest of the Smokies. We may see some flurries here in Townsend, but the high ridges will likely see 3-6″ of accumulation. While it’s cold up high, it’s still pretty […]
Video Fishing Report – Fall Fishing in the Smokies
Fishing has been great through October. We’ve been floating some on the Clinch plus rounding out the smallmouth bass season on the Holston and Pigeon Rivers. But it’s the Smoky Mountains where we’ve spent the majority of our time. Fall color has been superb and the dry fly fishing has rivaled what we experience in […]
Rain in the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee makes for more good fly fishin
We’re still here, we’re just not in front of the computer too much this time of year. We’ve been doing alot of guiding that has taken all over the Smoky Mountains – into the backcountry for brookies, as well as the Holston and Clinch rivers for trout and the Holston and Pigeon rivers for smallmouth […]
Video Fishing Report from Upper Little River
After almost two months of guiding nearly every day, it was just nice to take a hike along the river. It’s not that Charity and I don’t want to fish or get tired of it. Sometimes it’s just nice to take in the sights, sounds, and smell of the river and the forest and not […]
