By Ian on Jul 3, 2009 in Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Tailwaters, smokies | Comments Off
We’ve had a full week of fly fishing in the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee this week. Mild weather and good water levels have made for perfect conditions from the brook trout streams high in the Smokies down to the smallmouth rivers in the valleys.
This is peak season for hike-in trips in the Smokies. While [...]
By Ian on Jun 11, 2009 in Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Tailwaters, smokies | 2 Comments
The 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 the Smokies and
midges on the [...]
By Ian on May 26, 2009 in Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, smokies | Comments Off
We’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 Mountains [...]
By Ian on Apr 16, 2009 in Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Tennessee, drift boat, dry flies, smokies, streamers | Comments Off
It’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 hatches [...]
By Ian on Feb 27, 2009 in Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Tennessee, fly fishing, streamers | 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 [...]
By Ian on Jan 18, 2009 in Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Little River, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Western Fly Fishing, dry flies, smokies, strike indicators | Comments Off
It 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 doesn’t [...]
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 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 [...]
By Ian on Oct 12, 2008 in Brook Trout, Fishing Report, Rainbow Trout, Tailwaters, Tennessee, dry flies, fly fishing, smokies | Comments Off
We’ve floated the Clinch a few times this week and it has been fishing very well. Both generators are down at Norris Dam and TVA is sluicing a steady flow of 420 cfs. That is, they have a gate cracked to keep a steady flow. The result has been great for fishing. While water is [...]
