It’s not unusual for us to see black bears every week in the Smokies or even here at our home in Townsend, Tennessee. In fact, Ian went on a backpacking trip with our daughter in July and didn’t see any bears while one sauntered down our driveway that evening. We have a bounty of wild […]
More Than Just Trout in the Smokies
We missed more than a few weeks of fishing reports because of our non-stop guiding calendar. Many of those trips were in the Smokies and while we caught plenty of trout on those trips, we often saw more than just trout. There have been plenty of black bears out and about this summer. We’ve even […]
Uncommon Photos from the Smokies
Okay, a photo of a brook trout and another of bears from the Smoky Mountains aren’t all that uncommon, but the circumstances around them are unusual. We take photos of brook trout all the time from April through October, but we don’t usually take photos of them where this one was caught. I guided Chris […]
The End of Our Busy Season
We managed to capture this on video over the weekend and thought there would be plenty of you who would like to see it. This is a bear cub at Tremont. His mother had already crossed the stream and he was somewhat less than enthusiastic about making the plunge, and we can understand. The water […]
Video Blog – Fly Fishing for Brook Trout in the Great Smoky Mountains
This month we tackle one of our favorite topics, fly fishing for brook trout in the Great Smoky Mountains. If you’ve never experienced this type of fishing this video will show you everything we love about it: phenomenal scenery, beautiful trout, rarely seen animals, and dry fly fishing. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28795881[/vimeo]
Quick Pic: Bear Cub Up A Tree
It’s been a streak of trips that have all included bear sightings. This bear cub scrambled up a tree and was almost directly over us as Mom kept her distance. We snapped a couple of quick photos and moved on.
A Couple of Days Off the Grid
I took Pat Segraves out for two consecutive days of hike-in fly fishing in the Smokies. Whether Pat planned it this way or not, this is the way to go in late August. He wanted to experience a day on a brook trout stream and another day on a smallmouth bass stream. As is almost […]
Quick Pics: Hazel Creek
We’ve got more pictures on the way, but here’s a quick sampling from our fish camp on Hazel Creek last weekend Hazel Creek rainbow trout We caught a glimpse of this black bear before it disappeared into the forest A nice brown trout with a Beadhead Tellico Nymph Our home during our time on Hazel […]
Tuckaseegee Float and We Finally See Some Bears
I was scheduled to do a float on Tuesday and the high water situation on our local TVA tailwaters just wasn’t negotiable. Fortunately we can be on the Tuckaseegee River in western North Carolina with a slightly longer drive and the drive across the Smokies is among the most scenic in the nation. We’ve been […]
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]