It’s December and our guide season is over for all practical reasons. We’ll certainly take a few folks out on a few days over the next few months, but this is far from what we call our season when we’re on the water almost everyday. We’ve answered a few emails over the holiday concerning the […]
Today We’re Thankful For…
Anyone who follows fly fishing in the Southeast knows it’s been a rough year. We started out with high water, then progressed to outrageously high water earlier in the year. By the time we got to our big fall season we had a 17 day government shutdown keep us out of national parks and deprive […]
Novembrrrrrrrr
Let me tell you something kiddies….. It’s cold out there! The weather we’ve seen would be pretty standard issue for January but it’s been a shock to the system in November. Yesterday we saw temperatures plummet as snow fell in the Smokies. A great day to stay home and do some blogging or read a […]
Winter to Make Its Debut in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
We’ve seen some classic November weather lately. Sunny but cool afternoons after frosty mornings but change is coming along fast! We’ve already seen the first several days with water temperatures down in the 40’s in the Smokies and we don’t expect things to warm up much over the next few days. If anything they will […]
November Fly Fishing Is Here
There are still some pockets of fall color in East Tennessee but the Smokies are quickly transitioning out of that phase. The tops of the mountains are bare and look like winter. Further down the slopes the vibrant yellow, red, and orange is beginning to fade to brown with a few exceptions. We’re seeing brown […]
The Peak of Fall Fishing is Here!
It’s the last week of October, the weather is cool, the leaves are falling, and the fishing has been great. We’ve already seen some large brown trout moving and that will only improve over the next two weeks as they move into position to spawn. Weather this week will be warmer than we saw last […]
That’s How It Goes!
This is the time to find big brown trout in the Smoky Mountains. The water is low and clear and the the fish are on the move seeking out a partner for the upcoming spawn. Notice I said “find”, not catch. Yes, we catch them this time of year too, but this is usually how […]
Cold Weather Setting in As Fall Colors Begin to Peak
We’ve had a somewhat compressed fall season here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. We spent the second half of September in the Rocky Mountains and came home to the results of the government shutdown. Our home waters in the Smokies were closed and it was mid October before we got back on the […]
Fishing Report from East Tennessee (Just not the Smokies)
You could say we’ve been out to lunch when it comes to keeping up the fishing reports on our blog, but there hasn’t been a ton to report. The government shutdown, which has closed all national parks, has put a serious dent in our business. If that wasn’t bad enough it’s denied us access to […]
Where to Fly Fish: Government Shutdown Edition
As anyone who pays any attention will know the US Government has been closed along with all the departments it encompasses. At first thought some people might not expect fly fishing to be impacted by Washington politics, but it surely is. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closed along with every other park in the […]
