By Ian on Aug 6, 2009 in Clinch River, Fishing Report, Tennessee, smokies | Comments Off
Water levels are well within fishable, but look much more like April than August. Here on the Tennessee side of the Smokies Tremont is fishing really well. I’ve been fishing nymphs about three feet under a yarn indicator, but dry flies will tempt plenty of fish. Just be sure to cast dries to spots that [...]
By Ian on Aug 3, 2009 in Article, Brown Trout, Clinch River, Tailwaters, Tennessee | 3 Comments
It’s been a couple of weeks ago now, but I came across the the biggest brown trout I’ve ever seen on the Clinch River. I had taken Gary Newton from Berea, Kentucky on a float trip. It was a pretty good day of fishing with most trout taking midge patterns in the #20 range. A [...]
By Ian on Jul 27, 2009 in Brown Trout, Clinch River, Fishing Report, Holston River, Smallmouth Bass, Tailwaters, poppers, smokies | Comments Off
It’s been too long since I’ve posted a report and the reason is because we’ve been fishing so much. Fishing in the Smokies, fishing on the tailwaters, fishing for smallmouth. You name it, we’ve done it over the past two weeks.
Smoky Mountains
Water levels have come down to where you’d expect them to be in late [...]
By Ian on Dec 17, 2008 in Clinch River, Fishing Report, Little River | Comments Off
It’s still raining here in East Tennessee, but don’t get me wrong. We’re not complaining. After two years of drought it’s great to see my home water looking like its old self. In fact, it looks like we’ll probably end up meeting the annual average rainfall total. The rain we’re getting is slow and soaking; [...]
By Ian on Nov 9, 2008 in Brown Trout, Clinch River, Fishing Report, Little River, Tailwaters, Tennessee, smokies | Comments Off
It’s been an eventful week of fly fishing and guiding here in the Smokies and on the Clinch River in east Tennessee. Fall provides the best chances to put a fly on big brown trout and this was the week.
I caught this fish on Little River this week
The weather, fall colors, and fly fishing were [...]
By Ian on Nov 4, 2008 in Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Clinch River, Fishing Report, Little River, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Tennessee, dry flies, fly fishing, nymphs, smokies | Comments Off
We’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 [...]
By Ian on Oct 22, 2008 in Black Bears, Brown Trout, Clinch River, Fishing Report, Hazel Creek, North Carolina, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Tennessee, fly fishing, smokies | Comments Off
We’re in the middle of our busy October guide season. The weather has been beautiful and the leaves have really started to change rapidly this week. Water conditions have remained low in the Smokies, but some rain early last Friday helped things out and more rain is in the forecast for this week. The fly [...]
