We’re pretty dizzy from day after day of guiding and the evening conversation usually comes around to “Where am I going tomorrow?” We have to check the calendar remember who to meet and where we’re scheduled to go fishing. Over the past few weeks we’ve been all over the place, from deep in the backcountry […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-05-22
Off to day two of TroutFest in Townsend, TN. Today our seminar is Targeting Larger Trout with Streamers at 2:00. See you there! # Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to be shut down? Some in TN legislature would have it that way. http://ow.ly/4V5tw # The top 10 most endangered rivers in America http://ow.ly/4WinG # Cicada swarm […]
Quick Pic: Hazel Creek slab
Jack Gotcher got the lifetime achievement award on our Hazel Creek campout a couple of weeks ago for this slab of a brown trout. Charity and I have both been on the water. I’ve been primarily behind the oars of the drift boat and she’s been working the Smokies plus we had TroutFest in Townsend […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-05-15
Close up of a salmon fly on a trout stream in the Smokies #FlyFishing http://twitpic.com/4viko4 # Leafsnap: app that uses recognition software to identify trees http://ow.ly/4Qp0W # Our fishing report: We've been all over the Smokies & East TN guiding for trout and smallmouth bass. Here's the story http://ow.ly/4Qrbo # RT @smky: The Smoky Mountains […]
A Guides’ Day Off Float
Charity and I have been guiding quite a bit lately with a couple more days coming straight at us before TroutFest this weekend. Fortunately we had the foresight to build a day off into our calendar so we could spend a day together on the water. Unlike days guiding we got to the river a […]
Quick Pic: Salmon Fly
The Smokies aren’t known for having large stoneflies like these, but they’re around. Photographed this one earlier this week in the Smoky Mountain backcountry.
Guiding Fly Fishers All Over East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
We’ve been exceptionally busy over the last week and done just about every type of trip we offer. Charity has been guiding anglers in the Smokies while I’ve done some of that as well as floats for trout and floats for smallmouth bass. Almost all of the trips I’ve done in the Smokies have been […]
Weekly Digest for 2011-05-08
Storm damage closes Abrams Falls trail from Cades Cove to Abrams Creek campground thru May 6 http://ow.ly/4L3RA #Smokies # The latest newsletter from Great Smoky Mountains Association is out. Some great information http://ow.ly/4KPQl # Chilhowee Lake in East TN closed & all boats ramps are closed. High tension power lines are in the water where […]
Superb Hatching Mayfly Video
We thought we should post this for you to see because this is going on in streams all across the Great Smoky Mountains right now. This is an excellent piece of work from Tightline Productions. Mayfly nymphs moving across the bottom of the stream as they prepare to hatch, then ascending to the surface. Enjoy! […]
Quick Pics: Hazel Creek
We’ve got more pictures on the way, but here’s a quick sampling from our fish camp on Hazel Creek last weekend Hazel Creek rainbow trout We caught a glimpse of this black bear before it disappeared into the forest A nice brown trout with a Beadhead Tellico Nymph Our home during our time on Hazel […]