Labor Day weekend is upon us and with it comes the symbolic end of summer even though fall is about a month away. We’ve had some decent tailwater flows lately but his typically changes after Labor Day when TVA moves to drain reservoirs for the winter season. This generally means higher flows although we know […]
Warm and Dry in Late August. What a Concept!
We’re looking at the warmest and driest week of the year. Considering it’s late August, it’s about time. We often dread this time of year for its hot weather, warm water, and tough fishing, but that’s not the case this year. Overnight temperatures in the Smokies are down in the 50’s and likely as cool […]
Wet, Mild Weather Across East Tennessee and the Smokies
We keep reminding ourselves that it’s August here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. I supposed it does feel like August, assuming you’re in Seattle or Vancouver. Thanks to largely overcast weather the temperatures have remained in the 70’s for days now. Even the sunny days we’ve had have felt like late September or […]
Video: The Way It Began
It’s a well known fact we’re big fans of brook trout and women in fly fishing. So it’s a natural we really liked this video that the folks over at Chi-Wulff found. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/66124898#[/vimeo]
Waders in August
It’s not something you’d expect in the Southeast in August, but we’re digging out our waders for the cool, wet weather that’s headed our way. The forecast for Saturday in Townsend is a rainy high of 72 degrees. We can tell you from experience that if you head on up to Elkmont it will be […]
The Best All Round Week of Fishing We’ve Seen This Year
It’s been a tough season. Anyone who follows fly fishing around the Southeast knows that, but we’re glad to say that we just had what may have been the best few days we’ve seen all year long. Tailwater flows are great, smallmouth bass are looking to the surface for poppers, and trout in the Smokies […]
Great Flows & Sketchy Weather
Flows have been excellent almost anywhere you look around East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountain region. Streams in the Smokies are looking good and the fish are happy. Our local tailwaters, most notably the Clinch, have flows that accommodate both waders and floaters. The only trouble has been spotty rain and showers. While the wet, […]
Better Late Than Never – Water Conditions Pretty Close to Normal
It had to happen at some point. Water levels throughout East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountain region are finally pretty close to normal. If you want to nitpick and point out that stream flows are still way above average you’d be right, but they’re finally below the 75% mark and well below daily records. We […]
Report from the Field: Cataloochee Creek
With school starting up next week we looked up from work to see we hadn’t taken a family camping trip this summer. Most of the summer vacationers have already started to thin out here in the Smokies and it seems that many might have simply given up on account of all the rainy days, so […]
Conditions Close to Normal
It’s been a wild fishing season across the Southern Appalachian region with high water, or sometimes worse, good water levels that have been muddy. Fortunately, it looks like things are beginning to resemble something like normal this week. Well… Normal might be pushing it, but let’s say fishable and call it good. East Tennessee just exceeded […]