Here’s some good video of the tornado damage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park from April 27. This was in the northwest section of the park along Chilhowee Lake and lower Abrams Creek. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlnGMxBGk6I[/youtube]
And We Thought We Had Some Sketchy Drift Boat Launches
We deal with some pretty rough access points on the Holston and Pigeon Rivers, but here’s something we’ve never done. From our friends at TroutHunter in Island Park, Idaho comes this video that shows what it takes to get on the Henry’s Fork in the early season. By the way, while we’ve been fishing the […]
Superb Hatching Mayfly Video
We thought we should post this for you to see because this is going on in streams all across the Great Smoky Mountains right now. This is an excellent piece of work from Tightline Productions. Mayfly nymphs moving across the bottom of the stream as they prepare to hatch, then ascending to the surface. Enjoy! […]
Video Fishing Report: Early April 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49ZtxD6ptU[/youtube] We’ve had a wet spring in the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee and this has led to a few days of blown out streams, but fishing has been excellent for the most part. The large tailwater rivers have been too high most of the time for effective fishing, but we have found a few […]
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 […]
Video Fishing Report – Winter Fishing in the Smokies and East Tennessee
The weather has been pretty cold and snowy for quite a while, but we’ve managed to put together another video fishing report. In this one we show some great scenery in the Smokies as well as water levels and some nymph fishing. We also show a rare float for trout on the Little River in […]
Video Blog – Easy Tips to Improve the Accuracy of Your Cast
When we guide fly fishers we often need to help them with their cast. While most anglers welcome our advice they would rather spend the bulk of their time fishing, not working on their cast, so we have to improve their cast quickly. We like to focus on the those elements that anglers can improve […]
Our Spring Fly Fishing Forecast for East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
Even though we had a good chunk of winter left we’re taking phone calls and answering emails everyday from folks wondering when the best fly fishing will arrive. Here in East Tennessee good conditions arrive much earlier than they do in other parts of the country. We have a nice variety of mountain streams and […]
Video Fly Fishing Report from the Smokies, Mid December 2010
It’s been a frigid couple of weeks here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. We’ve had a good deal of snow and temperatures haven’t risen above freezing the majority of the time. In this video report we show you some snowy scenery in the Smokies and visit Tremont and Cades Cove sections of the […]
Video Fishing Report – Cold Weather Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains
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 […]