September is well underway and we’re looking ahead to fall fishing. Things are pretty much what you typically find at this time of year. Water levels are pretty low in the Smokies and TVA tailwaters are running a bit on the high side as reservoirs are draining. Fishing was a little tough over the past […]
Smallmouth Bite Continues in the Streams
It’s starting to feel like fall around Townsend. There’s a slight chill in the air every morning and the days aren’t nearly so hot. Even though it’s still August we can tell that autumn is coming. Trout fishing will certainly improve as it always does, but right now we’re trying to stay on the smallies […]
A Week of Warm Water Fly Fishing
Fly fishing up in the Smokies has been pretty good compared to the local tailwater scene where high water has brought things to a screeching halt. It’s not that I don’t like summer conditions up in the Smokies, but I’ve had a pretty long string of days where we’ve chased smallmouth bass and an assortment […]
Tailwaters Running High
It’s August here in East Tennessee and you can tell it from the weather as well as the flows on the tailwaters. It’s hot and that goes without saying. At least it’s not so hot as it was about the end of June nor so hot as many other locations in the country. TVA has […]
Guides’ Day Off Chasing Smallmouth Bass
Charity and I have been hitting it hard since April and in spite of the fact we’re on the water almost daily, we don’t get to actually fish all that often. A couple of days ago we had the day off and the kids were out for the day so we decided to go fishing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Video Blog – Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass with Poppers
Quick Pic: Working a popping bug on a hot day
Charity works the popping bug for smallies on a hot afternoon