Quick Pic: Backcountry Speck
June 30th, 2011 | Brook Trout, Fishing Report, smokies | Ian | Comments OffA colorful brook trout from the Smoky Mountain backcountry
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Hiking & Fly Fishing for Brook Trout: A Change of Pace
May 19th, 2010 | Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Tailwaters | Ian | Comments OffAfter a solid week of float trips on the Holston and a weekend at TroutFest I scored a couple of days off. Besides sleeping a little later than I would if I was hitching up the drift boat, I spent some time with Charity and the kids. Yesterday Charity and I packed up the kids [...]
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A Look Back at Spring Fishing & Our Summer Fly Fishing Forecast for East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
June 11th, 2009 | Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, smokies, Tailwaters | Ian | 2 CommentsThe big news is that the drought is officially over. In fact, we’re currently running a rainfall surplus here in East Tennessee. This has not only brought our stream levels back to normal, but also has implications for fly fishing on the tailwaters. Smoky Mountain Streams Spring hatches started strong with Quill Gordon mayflies in [...]
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Best Fly Fishing in the Smokies in Several Years
May 26th, 2009 | Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, smokies, Tailwaters | Ian | Comments OffWe’ve been hard at it, guiding almost every day. In fact, we usually have a couple of trips out on the river. We took a few days off about a week ago to put a booth in at the Townsend TroutFest, but other than that we’ve been on the water. Water levels in the Smoky [...]
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OK… Enough of the Cold, Dreary Weather
April 16th, 2009 | Brook Trout, drift boat, dry flies, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, smokies, streamers, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | Comments OffIt’s been a couple of days of cold, gray, and wet days on the rivers and streams. The fishing has been decent, but more sporadic through the day than consistent. Fishing in the Smokies has been best in the afternoons and water levels are workable. Nymphs are the way to go in the mornings, but [...]
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Volunteer for Trout in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
February 26th, 2009 | Brook Trout, Conservation, smokies | Ian | Comments OffHere are a few opportunities to volunteer to help fisheries biologists in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and have a great time along the way. You spend time with people who are experts on Smoky Mountain trout and see some amazing things. We try to set aside a few days each year to help out. [...]
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Icy Weekend on Smoky Mountain Streams
January 18th, 2009 | Brook Trout, dry flies, Fishing Report, Little River, Rainbow Trout, smokies, strike indicators, Tailwaters, Western Fly Fishing | Ian | Comments OffIt was a cold weekend; one better suited to ice fishing than fly fishing here in the Smoky Mountains. Overnight temperatures were below zero high in the mountains and daytime highs were only in the 20′s. Needless to say, fishing wasn’t worth it, but we went out to see the rivers and streams. Water just [...]
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A Look Back at 2008 – The Year in Pictures
December 30th, 2008 | Article, Black Bears, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, drift boat, fly fishing, Hazel Creek, Holston River, Little River, North Carolina, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments OffAnother year has come and gone. We’re gearing up for a busy 2009. We’ve got a hefty schedule of appearing at fly fishing expos in the next couple of months, we’ve got two new books that will be coming out within a month, and we’ve already booked a number of guided trips. But before we [...]
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Fly Fishing for Brook Trout in Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Advice From the Guides
December 15th, 2008 | Brook Trout | Ian | Comments OffGreat Smoky Mountains National Park is a haven for wild trout. The Smokies are one of the last big expanses of wild country in the eastern United States. Native brook trout still flourish here and fly fishers can cast into pristine streams that are still the way things were hundreds of years ago. The best [...]
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First Snow in the Smokies, Great Dry Fly Fishing, & Good Fishing Continues on the Clinch
November 4th, 2008 | Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Clinch River, dry flies, Fishing Report, fly fishing, Little River, nymphs, Rainbow Trout, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | Comments OffWe’ve been on the water almost every day which is why we haven’t posted a report in a while. East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains have reached peak fall color and the fly fishing has been great for the most part. There was a lull in the fishing earlier this week after the first snowfall [...]
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