Clinch River Continues to Fish Well

  • Took Alan Barnes to the Clinch today for a quick primer before he takes a Western fly fishing trip in a few weeks. Nymphing was excellent. Most fish ate a #16 Beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph, but we got a pretty good Sulphur hatch and landed some fish on dry fly. Generation schedules on the Clinch remain good for both floats and anglers who are wading.

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    June 15th, 2009 | Ian | 2 Comments |

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Ian Rutter

Ian is equally comfortable guiding on the streams of the Smoky Mountains and the large tailwaters of East Tennesse and Western North Carolina. He wrote Great Smoky Mountains National Park Angler’s Companion, Tennessee Trout Waters: Blue Ribbon Guide, and Rise Rings and Rhododendron: Fly Fishing the Mountain Streams and Tailwaters of Southern Appalachia.

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  • Randy Ball 06.15.2009

    Ian, Dennis Sebering and I have a Drift Boat Trip scheduled with you 27 June 09, and I was wondering what is the possibility of Drifting the Clinch?

  • Ian

    Randy – We usually try to do our floats where the fishing will be the best. There is an extremely good chance that your float will be on the Clinch, but if it’s not it’s only because we know you’ll do better on another river.