Posts from the ‘Smallmouth Bass’ Category
Now that the water has been high much of the time and the weather has turned cold we’ve gone back and taken a look back at the year we’ve had. It seems like the life of fly fishing guides is all fun and games, but it’s really quite hectic. It’s only now when we’re not [...]
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There isn’t any earth shattering change in the fishing conditions across East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains, but for those of us who spend every day paying attention, the changes are noteworthy. TVA hasn’t been very cooperative this fall when it comes to generation schedules. We got out on the Clinch a few times, but [...]
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Exceptionally common in all rivers, streams, and lakes throughout the Smoky Mountain region this is a fish food many fly fishers ignore. Most anglers tend to think of them more in the context of bass fishing, but we found this nymph in a Smoky Mountain brook trout stream.
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The superb fishing with poppers continues…
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I took Pat Segraves out for two consecutive days of hike-in fly fishing in the Smokies. Whether Pat planned it this way or not, this is the way to go in late August. He wanted to experience a day on a brook trout stream and another day on a smallmouth bass stream. As is almost [...]
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That goes double for snapping turtles! This was a pretty freaky thing as two very large snappers were mating as they drifted down the river past me while I cast poppers to smallmouth bass.
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We’ve had a little time to mess around for ourselves lately, but have had to make due with fishing in two hour increments. Stream smallmouth have been the perfect solution since it’s hard for us to get to a high elevation trout stream and return on time with the small window we have available in [...]
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It looks like we’re in for a break in the heat! This week’s forecast has highs in Knoxville in the 80′s and lows in the 60′s. This is good news for several reasons. That means that the weather in the Smokies will be even more comfortable with daytime temperatures in the 70′s up high and [...]
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Charity works the popping bug for smallies on a hot afternoon
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