Small but plentiful, Blue Wing Olives keep Smoky Mountain trout looking toward the surface in the fall.
Fall Fly Fishing Is At Its Peak
Guiding on Hazel Creek in the Smokies It’s fall and fishing is pretty good. Trout are rising in the Smokies, we’re seeing big brown trout moving around, and the colors… Well, you’ve got to see it to believe it. We just returned from our annual fall camping trip on Hazel Creek and have a full […]
We’re Back in the Smokies and Almost Back in the Swing of Things
We came back to our home in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee over the weekend after our annual trip to Yellowstone Country. The first week of October always kicks off one our busiest times on our guide calendar. Fall weather is perfect, the colorful foliage provides an incredible backdrop, and the fishing is always […]
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.
Quick Pic: Creek Smallmouth on the Popper
The superb fishing with poppers continues…
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 […]
A Guides’ Day Off High in the Smokies
We got a short break from the heat, but depending on where you are it’s been pretty hot for the past few days. Night time temperatures in the Smokies have been dipping down into the 50’s or even the 40’s depending on the elevation, so water temperatures have remained good, particularly up high. Charity and […]
A Break in the Heat and the Crowds
It’s the middle of August and we’ve received our first merciful break from the heat. Overnight temperatures have been in the 50’s in the Smokies and we’ve been fortunate to see daytime temps stay in the low 80’s. This has brought water temperatures down a little bit. Last week in the heat the water was […]
Quick Pic: Popper Action on the Creek
We’ve had a little time to mess around for ourselves lately, but have had to make due with fishing in two hour increments. Stream smallmouth have been the perfect solution since it’s hard for us to get to a high elevation trout stream and return on time with the small window we have available in […]