Most of the roads are open but there is still a good bit of snow on the streams. Fish the sunny spots! Also some workable schedules on the tailwaters this weekend.
Fresh Snow in the Smokies
We woke up this morning with a little more than an inch of fresh snow here in Townsend. That means that there is certainly more in the park. We didn’t get very far since Little River Road was closed and park crews were preparing to plow Laurel Creek Road to Cades Cove. A warm, beautiful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water levels fall in the Smokies but increase on the Clinch
Charity and I got out on the water for a few hours in the Smokies yesterday. Stream levels were generally high, but the fishing wasn’t bad. We fished nymphs deep in calm pockets and got a surprisingly good number of strikes. Charity fished a Zelon Nymph and Pats Nymph with a split shot under a […]
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]
Video Fishing Report – Late November in the Smokies and the Clinch River
It’s been beautiful if not a bit cooler for the last couple of weeks here in the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee. We’ve got another good video fishing report from the stream to share. It’s pretty tough to guide from the drift boat and get much in the way of good video, particularly on a […]
Cold Weather Arrives Right on Time
Here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains we can usually count on two things Thanksgiving week. It’s typically our last busy week of the guide season and cold weather usually sets in sometime that week. This year the best weather was on the front side of the holiday with near record warmth. Not much […]
