We hope you enjoy some of the articles we’ve published in various publications.

Successful Fly Fishing with Streamers: Wading & Floating Tactics This article about the best way to fish streamers was in our Fall 2007 newsletter. It covers techniques for both fishing from a boat and wading. It’s also useful for not only on Tennessee’s tailwaters and Smoky Mountain streams, but Western rivers as well.

Fly Fishing Terrestrials in the Smoky Mountains This article about fishing terrestrial fly patterns in the Smoky Mountains originally ran in the Summer 2006 issue of Fish & Fly magazine.

Find Success Fly Fishing in the Winter: Effective Nymphing Methods. This article is written with a foucus on the freestome streams of the Smoky Mountains and the tailwaters of Tennessee but the information is just as applicable to waters in other parts of the country.

Fly Fishing in the Summer: The Best of Times & the Worst of Times. Fly fishing in the heat of summer is sometimes harder than fishing in the dead of winter. This article details methods to find more success on freestone trout streams in the middle of summer.

The Southerly Flow: Appalachian Life August/September 2002. Describes the natural history of brook trout in the Smoky Mountain region.

Spring in the Smokies: Fish &Fly Spring 2001. A short article that chronicles a spring of fly fishing in the Smokies.

Winter Fishing in the Smokies: Fish &Fly Winter 2001. A short article that details a day of winter fishing in the Smokies.

Trout of the Tailings: Fish &Fly Summer 2003. This is a series of short stories that describe fishing on five of East Tennessee’s best trout tailwaters: the Clinch, Hiwassee, South Holston, Watauga, and Holston rivers.

Cumberland River: Fly Rod &Reel June 2003. This is an informative article that details the trout fishing opporutities on Kentucky’s premiere tailwater. Gives a general lay of the land, fly patterns, and ideal conditions.

Return of the Native: American Angler March/April 2003. This article gives detailed information on the best fishing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for native Southern Appalachian brookies. Several of these streams were once closed to fishing but now open to anglers.

Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Small Stream Success: Fly Fishing &Tying Journal Summer 2004. Perhaps the most valuable information on this web site! Ian describes the best ways to have better success in the Smokies as well smaller streams wherever you may be.

Permanently in Paradise: South Florida Sport Fishing March/April 2005. This article chronicles our November 2004 trip to Turneffe Flats Belize. This is a fun article with great photos for anyone who ever wandered what flats fishing in the Caribbean is like. Permit and bonefishing. Join us on our next expedition!

Fly Fishing Tennessee’s Holston River Tailwater: This article gives lots of great advice on how to fly fish the Holston tailwater below Cherokee Dam.