We’re at the end of another fly fishing guide season here in the Great Smoky Mountain of East Tennessee. It was my 26th and Charity’s 19th and we’re glad to say we’re still plugging along with gas still in the tank. Today is the Monday after Thanksgiving, the day we usually look at as the […]
Trout In The Classroom Trout Release
Townsend Elementary School has been involved with Trout in the Classroom for about five years. Every spring there’s a huge field trip where the kids get to release the trout in Little River here in Townsend, then go up into the national park to see fisheries biologists and entomologists in action. The Little River Chapter […]
Hot, Dry Start to Fall
We’re in the middle of one of our slower months for guiding in the Smokies as it’s after Labor Day but before fall color season. So far this has been one of the hottest Septembers on record with most days 90 degrees or warmer in Knoxville. It’s been pretty dry as well and we’re starting […]
A Float on the Little River
It’s been a tough couple of weeks with cold water in the Smokies and high water on the tailwaters, but we managed to line a few stars up this weekend to make something happen. We’ve been having a pretty good time wading in the Smokies, but the drift boat has only had one brief appearance […]
Fresh Fish in the River
TWRA made the rounds in Townsend today. They dropped 200 brood stock rainbow trout in Little River through town.
Rock Slide in the Smokies Closes a Portion of Little River Road
We just saw this news story on the way out of the house. There was a rock slide along Little River last night and the road is closed between the Townsend Y and Metcalf Bottoms. No word on how long this will last. Heavy equipment will begin clearing the area on Friday, so it shouldn’t […]
Water’s a Bit High, But the Weather’s Great
The water is still rather high after all the wet weather we’ve seen this weekend, but the weather is great. There wasn’t much fishing to be done yesterday so we drove over to lower Abrams Creek to just get outside and take a hike. We both speculated that we could row the drift boat down […]