It’s been a long winter…. Usually when you hear that you’ll hear references to icy cold temperatures and snow measured in feet, but this year in East Tennessee has incredibly wet. We’ve had some cold weather and a little bit of snow, but we’re about to lose our mind with all the rain we’ve seen […]
Winter Thaw
While it hasn’t been as cold a winter as we’ve had in recent years, we have had plenty of cold weather and a bit of snow in the Smokies. The coldest weather was late in January and early this month but that was immediately followed by exceptionally unseasonable warmth. We crushed a daily temperature record […]
Mountain Streams Fishable While Tailwaters Remain Too High
Local rainfall here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains has tapered off to merely “normal” from soaking wet. As a result our streams have fallen to negotiable fishing conditions if not a bit on the high side. The tailwater rivers remain exceptionally high, and to an almost unbelievable degree. While we haven’t experienced any […]
Wet and Gray Weather
As I’m writing this fishing report from R&R Fly Fishing world headquarters in Townsend, Tennessee I’m glad to say the sun is shining! That’s the first bit of sun we’ve seen in a long while. The weather has varied somewhat between gray and damp all the way to wet and cold. I’m as easy to […]
Tough Fly Fishing Conditions Around East Tennessee and the Smokies
It’s that time of year when everyone seems to be busy with any number of things, but fly fishing doesn’t seem to be one of them. In our case our children have been in some holiday productions including chorale concerts and the Nutcracker. Between rehearsals and shows we’ve been coming or going somewhere nearly everyday. […]
High Water and Cold Weather Across East Tennessee and the Smokies
Today is the fourth consecutive day of daily high flows for many rivers and streams across Southern Appalachia. Unfortunately this isn’t doing anything for fishing this week and we’ve been forced to cancel or reschedule several guide days. One of my favorite things to point out to anglers is that you can fish with some […]
The Seasons Are in Motion
We’ve seen a dramatic shift in the weather over the past three weeks. As temperatures remained in the low 80’s through nearly half of October we wandered if and when we would ever break out the waders. Within just a few days the weather cooled dramatically. Now it’s November and I’m writing this from R&R […]
A Productive Summer of Fly Fishing the Smokies and East Tennessee
It’s been a busy summer for us here in the Smokies! Fly fishing around East Tennessee has been great this summer and the season has slowed a bit now that school is back in session. We’ve had some new customers this season while still getting plenty of our old regular anglers out on the water. […]
Wet Weather Across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
It’s been pretty gray and wet across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains for the last couple of weeks. So far we’ve seen some high water in the Smokies but have yet to see any sort of flooding here in Townsend or on the Little River system. Most of the precipitation has been localized and […]
Finally Some Beautiful Weather in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
Fly fishing around East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains seems to finally be nearing something like consistent. It’s been a tough spring season when we look back at all the cold snaps, wet weather and high water but we might just be nearing the end. With warm temperatures and incredibly bright sunny days the stream fishing […]