By Ian on May 23, 2010 in Fishing Report, Holston River, Video clips, smokies | Comments Off
After almost two months of guiding nearly every day, it was just nice to take a hike along the river. It’s not that Charity and I don’t want to fish or get tired of it. Sometimes it’s just nice to take in the sights, sounds, and smell of the river and the forest and not [...]
By Ian on Apr 14, 2010 in Fishing Report, Holston River | Comments Off
I’ve been in the drift boat for the past several days. We’re not seeing much in the way of hatches beyond sporadic midges at this point, but we’re expecting caddis to start hatching on the Holston River soon. Dry fly fishing is excellent in the Smokies and there’s not much sign of that letting up [...]
By Ian on Apr 7, 2010 in Fishing Report, Holston River, smokies | 2 Comments
We’ve spent a lot of time out on the water over the past few days. It’s that time of year and we have a full week of bookings next week.
Yesterday Charity and I were both on Little River. There weren’t many bugs hatching, but the fish would certainly rise to a good drift. There were [...]
By Ian on Mar 17, 2010 in Clinch River, Fishing Report, Holston River, Little River, Tailwaters, smokies | Comments Off
The fly fishing is starting to get rolling here in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. We’re guiding anglers on the rivers and streams and we’ve put some miles on the wading boots and drift boat this week. The weather has been sketchy, but those who have been able to tolerate it have been into [...]
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 30, 2008 in Article, Black Bears, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Hazel Creek, Holston River, Little River, North Carolina, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Tennessee, drift boat, fly fishing, smokies | Comments Off
Another 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 [...]
By Ian on Dec 1, 2008 in Brown Trout, Fishing Report, Holston River, Little River, Tailwaters, Tennessee, fly fishing, smokies | Comments Off
Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone and the guide season left with it. It’s snowing pretty hard right now in Townsend, but nothing’s sticking. Regardless it’s a strong reminder that the guide season is essentially over.
It’s always the same every fall. September is a period of relatively light guiding as the kids are back in [...]
