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 […]
Big Smallmouth from a Creek
It’s been an incredibly busy summer of guiding and I’m sure our personal fishing time has suffered. With that in mind, it’s always gratifying to prove to ourselves that we actually remember how to use the equipment, not just help others catch fish. This fish ate a popper in about two feet of water in […]
Smallmouth Fever
It’s right smack dab in the middle of summer and fly fishing for smallmouth bass is at its peak on rivers and streams all across East Tennessee. We’ve done a number of trips over the past few weeks on smaller streams as well as floats on the larger rivers. Every year we introduce a few […]
Return of the Fishing Report
It’s been a wild and busy summer season for us here in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. As many of you know who have been following us for years, fishing reports can get few and far between during our busy times, but this year has probably been our worst yet. Ian’s view from the […]
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 […]
Fishing Conditions Gradually Changing as the Seasons Turn
There isn’t any earth shattering change in the fishing conditions across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains, but for those of us who spend every day paying attention, the changes are noteworthy. TVA hasn’t been very cooperative this fall when it comes to generation schedules. We got out on the Clinch a few times, but […]
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 […]
A Break in the Heat
It looks like we’re in for a break in the heat! This week’s forecast has highs in Knoxville in the 80’s and lows in the 60’s. This is good news for several reasons. That means that the weather in the Smokies will be even more comfortable with daytime temperatures in the 70’s up high and […]