It’s often the case that Charity and I are on the water for days at a time from the spring thru the autumn, but we’ll look up and notice we haven’t fished together in months. So much of our free time is spent doing things with our kids. Even as we take the kids fishing […]
Keeping Our Fingers Crossed
Take a look at stream flows across East Tennessee and another look at TVA releases on the tailwaters and there’s good reason for optimism. After another week of rainy weather and blown out rivers and streams we’re off to a good start. But to be completely honest, we have a sense of deja vu because […]
Blooming Mountain Laurel in the Smoky Mountains
Here’s another two minute Smoky Mountain break from the Smoky Mountains Association. It’s summer in the Smokies and there’s no better time to beat the heat than by heading to the high ridges and peaks where temperatures rarely see 80 degrees. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtcCvBJlVI&feature=share&list=UUGgSN2xOftPusuRNvpnVLaA[/youtube]
Our Advice Is To Watch the Flows Carefully
To be clear, we’re used to flows on the tailwaters lacking absolute consistency. We get reliable flows in the spring when the reservoirs are filling, then in June you need to pay more attention but you can usually divine a pattern from it that you can work with. We came to terms with this fact […]
A Ton of Possibilities
Water flows are much better going into this week than they have been over the past few weeks. Streams in the Smokies are good levels after a period of unusually high flows. We’re also seeing more favorable tailwater flows that seem to have something like consistency. We’re seeing pop up thunderstorms every day in the […]
Welcome to Summer
We had a day off but still wanted to go fishing. The kids wanted to go swimming. The best solution sounded like a great change of pace so we trailered up the boat and headed over the Foothills Parkway to Chilhowee Lake. We got in a little bit of fishing for bass with poppers and […]
The Secret Life of Cicadas
Here’s a pretty nifty video we found about cicadas we thought we’d share. Some folks have asked us about them, but we don’t get this variety around the Smokies although we have heard about them in other areas of the Southeast. This video was put together by Samuel Orr and he has a Kickstarter campaign […]
Fish When You Can
You’ve probably heard the old saying “When is the best time to fish? Any time you can!” We’ve always agreed with that sentiment but with the current water situation it’s taken on a deeper meaning. Our creeks have been blown out for more than half of the past week and our tailwaters… Well, at least […]
How Does All this Rain Affect the Fishing?
We hear it all the time. “How does (insert weather condition) affect the fishing?” At the moment we’re pushing a 14″ surplus for rainfall and the year isn’t even half way through yet. So, as you might imagine, we’re getting tons of questions about how all this water influences fishing and fish populations. In the […]
Educational Time Out
Does all the high water have you down? This is the perfect opportunity to take the time to learn something about your chosen avocation of fly fishing. Save yourself the effort of listening to the local fly shop jabber or attending a seminar and check out what Hank Patterson has to say about fly fishing […]