Water flows are much better going into this week than they have been over the past few weeks. Streams in the Smokies are good levels after a period of unusually high flows. We’re also seeing more favorable tailwater flows that seem to have something like consistency. We’re seeing pop up thunderstorms every day in the […]
Tailwater Flows Much Improved As Mountain Streams Rise & Fall With Thunderstorms
We’ve been holding our breath a bit as we’ve watched the weather radar over the past few days. Streams in the Smokies can’t be uniformly rated as “high” or “ideal” as a number of thunderstorms have hit the region in a hit or miss fashion. It’s safe to say that streams in North Georgia are […]
Mixed Fishing Conditions Across the Smokies and East Tennessee
Fly fishers around East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountain region are experiencing different conditions depending on where they happen to be. Sporadic thunderstorms have caused a variety of water levels across the Smokies and generation schedules on TVA tailwaters differ from one river to another. Right now we’re seeing water levels in the Little River […]
Another Good Smoky Mountain Brown Trout
It looks like John Coley has some competition. John caught the best brown trout we’ve guided a fly fisher to in the Smokies last week. Today Charity was the guide and Julie Wattenbarger caught a superb fish on a Prince Nymph on the Oconaluftee River well upstream of Smokemont Campground. This fish was also about […]
Tennessee’s tailwaters running high; Rain forecast for the Smokies
Weather has been pretty mild here in the Smoky Mountains and fly fishing conditions have remained very good. The biggest obstacle to fishing has been a rock slide on Little River Road. The road has been closed between Metcalf Bottoms and Elkmont Junction, the most popular section of the river for fly fishers. News reports […]
Great Day of Fly Fishing on the Oconaluftee
Today was a beautiful day for fly fishing in the Smokies. I met Rick Shelton who’s fished with me for several years over on the Oconaluftee this morning. Water temperatures were mild and trout were feeding aggressively in spite of melting snow on the crest of the mountains. Rick caught some beautiful rainbows and browns. […]