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Posts from the ‘fly fishing’ Category

Kicking Off Our Week at TroutHunter on the Henry’s Fork Right!
September 18th, 2011 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, Western Fly Fishing, Western Trip 2011 | Ian | Comments Off
We’re all settled in here at TroutHunter on the beautiful Henry’s Fork in Idaho a short distance from Yellowstone National Park. Everyone met their guide at breakfast, discussed their experience level and preferred methods of fly fishing, and headed out for the water. Ladawn Ostmann is a veteran of our Western trips and has traveled [...]
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Video Blog – Fly Fishing for Brook Trout in the Great Smoky Mountains
September 8th, 2011 | fly fishing, smokies, Video Blog, Video clips | Ian | 1 Comment
This month we tackle one of our favorite topics, fly fishing for brook trout in the Great Smoky Mountains. If you’ve never experienced this type of fishing this video will show you everything we love about it: phenomenal scenery, beautiful trout, rarely seen animals, and dry fly fishing.
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Quick Pic: Creek Smallmouth on the Popper
August 28th, 2011 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, Smallmouth Bass, smokies | Ian | Comments Off
The superb fishing with poppers continues…
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Our Fly Patterns & Books Are Now Available in Our Online Store
March 29th, 2011 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, smokies, Tailwaters | Ian | Comments Off
Many of you remember back when we had a small online store where we sold our books, DVD’s, and Fly of the Month subscriptions. When we upgraded our website we had to change everything or nothing and our online store was a casualty of the process since it wasn’t compatible with the new site. We [...]
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Video Fishing Report – Quill Gordon Hatch in the Smoky Mountains
March 25th, 2010 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, smokies, Tailwaters, Video clips | Ian | 3 Comments
It’s been another week of good mayfly hatches in the Smoky Mountains and midge fishing on the tailwaters. Fishing continues to be spotty on the Clinch River with slow periods broken up by several minutes of really good activity. It doesn’t seem like there has been very much insect activity on the Clinch so that [...]
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Video Fishing Report – We Fly Fish in the Snow Once Again
March 23rd, 2010 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, Little River, smokies, Video clips | Ian | 3 Comments
It looks like winter didn’t really go away so much as give us a quick head fake before charging right back into our fly fishing in the Smokies. Yesterday was a relatively miserable kind of day; cold, wet, and snowy. The water was a little high after rain on Sunday. I was actually expecting a [...]
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Three Days of Fly Fishing the Smokies in Cataloochee Valley
August 16th, 2009 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, North Carolina, smokies | Ian | 5 Comments
Charity and I noticed some blank days on the guide calendar and decided we needed to take advantage of the break. Even those of us who live in the Smoky Mountains like to take a few days to get away and do nothing more than camp and fly fish. After a quick scan of a [...]
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Midging Trout on the Tailwaters and some Streamer Fishing
February 27th, 2009 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, Rainbow Trout, streamers, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
It’s only a short time before our spring guide season gets under way so we’re trying to get as much fishing in for ourselves as we can. While driving to a show about a month ago one of us said that we’re both on the river hundreds of days each year, but relatively few are [...]
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Make Any Fly More Effective: Rules to Fish By
February 27th, 2009 | Article, fly fishing, instruction | Ian | Comments Off
Many fly fishers put the importance of the fly above all, but there are several factors that are far more important than fly selection. These are exceptionally easy to accomplish, but not practiced as often as they should. As fly fishers we have an advantage over natural predators like osprey, herons, water snakes, and otters. [...]
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Another Winter Blast in the Smokies; Good Fly Fishing Just Around the Corner
February 23rd, 2009 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, smokies, Tailwaters | Ian | Comments Off
Last week’s mild weather energized us for spring fishing, but winter isn’t over just yet. We woke up yesterday morning to see the following scene out of our window. The temperature struggled to reach 30 degrees and the three inches of snow we received is still here today. It was a bit of a jolt [...]
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