Comments on: Advice from the Guides Video Blog – Winter Fly Fishing on Abrams Creek

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:38:23 +0000

Michael,
We guide Abrams Creek some, but traffic on the loop road is usually a real headache when fishing is best. It is a nice rainbow trout stream, though it always fishes best with nymphs. Little River seems to be a more consistent dry fly stream. Hope I get to take you fishing again this year!
Ian

By: Michael M Kennedy

Michael M Kennedy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:45:31 +0000

Ian & Charity,

Great video, enjoyed the advice and the location. Why haven’t we been there? Maybe a site to consider on my next trip.? We have had 8″ of snow in the last 24 hours, looking forward to my next trip on the Little River.

Michael

By: mark king

mark king — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:27:39 +0000

Ian, I love the video at abrams creek. I appreciate you returning my call about fishing conditions. Thanks to your advice, a friend and I fished abrams a couple weeks ago. It was cold, but we caught a few fish. It was great to be in the mountains and the water this time of year.

thanks,

mark

By: Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:23:02 +0000

Excellent video Ian! I’m so glad to see you add them as they add so much to the site and the experience.

I hope to one day get up there to fish the mountains like this!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:27:47 +0000

Lee, Cades Cove is the most popular area in the national park. It’s closest to the Townsend entrance. There isn’t a ton of pressure, though. It’s pretty easy to find on a map. Also has the highest trout populations in the park.

By: Lee Burgess

Lee Burgess — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:34:07 +0000

Great Video on Abrams.
I am from Boone NC. and love fly fishing for wild trout. How do I find Cades Cove and Abram’s creek?
a friend and I fly fish and/or guide about once a week, all year, up around where NC, Va,@ Tn. come together. “catch and release” only.

By: David

David — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:12:34 +0000

The videos are a great addition. It really adds another dimension to the instruction and helpful tips. There are many things that one can pick up on in a video (or in person) that do not come through with the standard written fishing report.

By: Ken Sperry

Ken Sperry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:57:21 +0000

Thank Ian – that’s what I feared. That’s ok – it will give me reason to make a return trip!

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:20:38 +0000

John,
Always good to see you out on the stream! The biologists have shocked several outstanding fish over the years. In the late 1990′s they shocked one around 18″ in the site downstream of the trailhead. The mineral content of the water really helps a fish get bigger. You’re probably also aware that Abrams has the best population in the park, somewhere in the range of 5,000 trout per mile.
Ian

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:18:21 +0000

Ken,

The only way to get into Abrams at that time will be from Abrams Creek Campground down in Happy Valley. It’s important to remember that this is not good trout fishing in this vicinity, but a smallmouth bass stream. You’ll need to walk at least as far as campsite #17 to get into decent trout fishing. Access is spotty between there and the falls, but the fishing gets better the further up you go.