I took this photograph of a swimming brook trout on a long hike up Lynn Camp Prong earlier this month. Water conditions were a little bit on the high side and the weather was gray and drizzly. I could have fished, but it was one of those days when I just needed to get out […]
Quick Pic: Ghostly Brown Trout
Quick Pic: Fall Color Starting to Show
Fall color is beginning to pop along the streams in the Smokies. The weather is beautiful and the dry fly fishing has been pretty good too. Start with some beadheads in the morning and start thinking about dry flies around 11:00 AM or noon.
Quick Pic: Fishing the Pockets
Water conditions are excellent right now in the Smokies and the fish are looking up! As usual keep yourself hidden and work all the pockets.
Quick Pic: Quill Gordon – It’s What’s for Dinner
A Quill Gordon and the parachute pattern we use most often to imitate it. The hatches continue along with the unseasonably warm weather this February.
Quick Pic: Mild Weather Returns Along With the Dry Fly Fishing
The brief but significant snowfall in the Smokies last weekend has certainly cooled the water but the Blue Quill and Quill Gordon hatches are continuing with some of the best dry fly fishing we’ll see all year in the Smokies. Warm rains on the way will wash any snow away and bring water temperatures back […]
Quick Pic: Nymphing on a Mild Winter Day
Dragging weighted nymphs through a deep pool on a mild winter day in the Smokies
Quick Pic: High Water in the Smokies
Yup, the water’s high in the Smokies… This is what it looked like Tuesday, November 29 on the Middle Prong of Little River near the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.
Quick Pic: Why is Fall Dry Fly Fishing So Good in the Smokies?
Small but plentiful, Blue Wing Olives keep Smoky Mountain trout looking toward the surface in the fall.
Quick Pic: Working a popping bug on a hot day
Charity works the popping bug for smallies on a hot afternoon