It’s time for another Fly of the Month. As usual you can download this free document and view it on any device including desktop computers, tablets, or smart phones. The Pat’s Nymph is a fly that we always keep handy when we’re fly fishing in the Smokies. We love this fly for several reasons: It’s […]
Excuse Us While We Show Off
We really try to maintain some sense of humility but there are times we just can’t help but to scream “Dig This!” This is one of those times. At the age of 3 our son Boone does OK with a fly rod. We won’t try to convince you he catches fish solo, but with a […]
Water Water Everywhere And Not A Drop To Fish
For the first time we can remember there isn’t a tailwater that’s worth fishing for trout here in East Tennessee. High water in the reservoirs has TVA dams spilling water. This is a relatively uncommon event and usually happens at one or two dams, but not all of them. Norris Dam spilling water on the […]
One More Time
After water levels finally leveled out a little bit and streams in the Smokies were starting to look normal… BAM! More heavy rain and more high water! We still haven’t seen official rainfall totals for the national park, but there was over 3″ of rain in just a few hours around most of East Tennessee. […]
Drying Out
After a week of heavy rain in East Tennessee we’ve finally had a few days of dry, sunny weather and have more on the way. Our mountain rivers and streams have fallen to merely “high” but the tailwaters are running exceptionally high right now. Local reservoirs came up as much as 30′ in just a […]
Weather-pocalypse in the Smokies
Last weekend it was 70 degrees and while we were taking advantage of the nice weather, we were uneasy about it as well. To be quite honest about it, you never get weather like that in January without having to pay for it. Monday morning started off with ominous beauty. You may have heard the […]
Heavy Rains & High Water
You might say the rain has been pretty strong and the rivers are high. Not to be alarmed or anything, but I hear the animals are starting to line up two by two! Here’s some video from about 9:30 AM that I took along the paved section of Tremont Road and along Little River near […]
Unseasonably Warm Weather
Just a few days ago we wrote how water temperatures were struggling to reach 40 degrees and the trout were sluggish. Yesterday we were peeling layers on the river and this morning we woke up to 64 degrees on our front porch here in Townsend. That might sound great to some of you, but for […]
Fly of the Month: Skull & Bones
It’s time for another installment of our Fly of the Month. This month we feature a midge pupa pattern that we frequently fish on our tailwaters. It’s been one of our favorites on the Clinch and Holston Rivers plus we’ve found opportunities to use it successfully on Western Rivers like the Madison, Henry’s Fork, and […]
Download a FREE Chapter of our Book Rise Rings & Rhododendron
This cold time of year when the fishing is slow is the perfect time to do some reading about great fishing. You can now download a chapter of our book Rise Rings & Rhododendron for free. This is a PDF that is readable on your computer or mobile devices. Enjoy! Click Here for your free […]
