What do you do when you’re a busy fly fishing guide with a day off in the summer? Head to water you haven’t fished in a long time. After several consecutive days of guiding Charity had a couple of side projects to tend to so I headed off into the backcountry alone. Beautiful water full […]
Rain in Tennessee & Good Fishing in the Smokies
I met Claude Mayer and David Howell just outside of Pigeon Forge today and headed to the Greenbrier section of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We had some rain yesterday evening here at Townsend and from my deck I could see storm clouds from Thunderhead Mountain all the way north beyond Clingman’s Dome. I was […]
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Small Stream Success
This article first appeared in Fly Fishing & Tying Journal. The tips found in this article are especially critical to a fly fisher’s success catching trout in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. However, these methods will work on small streams anywhere. Most fly fishermen feel like there is more to fishing […]
