Category Archives: Tennessee

Posts from the ‘Tennessee’ Category

First Snow in the Smokies, Great Dry Fly Fishing, & Good Fishing Continues on the Clinch
November 4th, 2008 | Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Clinch River, dry flies, Fishing Report, fly fishing, Little River, nymphs, Rainbow Trout, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | 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 [...]
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Clinch River Continues to Fish; Report from Hazel Creek in the Smokies
October 22nd, 2008 | Black Bears, Brown Trout, Clinch River, Fishing Report, fly fishing, Hazel Creek, North Carolina, Rainbow Trout, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | 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 [...]
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Clinch River Fishing Well; Trout Rising to Olives in the Smokies
October 12th, 2008 | Brook Trout, dry flies, Fishing Report, fly fishing, Rainbow Trout, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
We’ve floated the Clinch a few times this week and it has been fishingÂ 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 [...]
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Rain will improve Smoky Mountain stream levels; Black bears on the move
October 8th, 2008 | Fishing Report, North Carolina, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
Rain is currently falling in the Smokies and this will only improve the fly fishing in the mountains of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. While water levels have been low, temperatures have been excellent and trout have been feeding quite well. In past week we’ve had guided trips on Little River and the Greenbrier [...]
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Fall fishing is here!
October 3rd, 2008 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, North Carolina, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
We’re back home from the Rockies, but the weather is virtually the same as what we left in Montana and Idaho. Overnight temperatures have been down in the 30′s up in the Smokies with the highest peaks falling into the 20′s. Daytime temperatures are in the high 60′s or low 70′s so it’s the perfect [...]
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Dry & Cool on the Stream plus Update from Yellowstone
September 22nd, 2008 | Fishing Report, North Carolina, smokies, Tailwaters, Tennessee, Western Fly Fishing | Ian | Comments Off
Conditions are dry but relatively cool across the Smoky Mountain region of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Fly fishing will be best on the Tennessee side of the Smokies and on the tailwaters. Cataloochee is at or near record low flows right now. The Oconaluftee is a little better, but still quite low. Little [...]
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Fly Fishing in Cataloochee Valley and Upper Little River; Last Chance to Fish on Lynn Camp Prong
September 1st, 2008 | Brook Trout, Fishing Report, fly fishing, North Carolina, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
We’ve had a few personal days to do some fly fishing here in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. First, I took a hike well upstream of Elkmont to fish upper Little River well above Fish Camp Prong. This is the area where Meigs Post Prong enters the stream and brook trout start [...]
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Rivers & Streams in Great Shape for Fly Fishing on Labor Day Weekend
August 27th, 2008 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, North Carolina, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
We’ve had several days of steady rains here in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. This will have excellent results for anyone planning to do some fly fishing over the coming weekend. Yesterday we received a shade less than an inch of rain here in Townsend and about the same in Galinburg. However, [...]
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Rain Falls on the Smokies; Great Time for Wildlife Watching
August 25th, 2008 | Fishing Report, fly fishing, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
Rain is forecast for the next few days over the Smokies Things have gotten a tad crispy and the most of the streams were beginning to look pretty dry, but today we’ve gotten our wish. The remnants of tropical storm Fay are forecast to bring rain to East Tennessee and Western North Carolina for the [...]
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Fishing’s Pretty Good; Just Go to the Right Spot
August 22nd, 2008 | Fishing Report, North Carolina, Smallmouth Bass, smokies, Tennessee | Ian | Comments Off
I’m a tad reluctant to say fishing has been excellent. We’re in the hottest part of summer and still in the dry grip of a drought that just won’t seem to break, even steering a tropical storm around us. However, I’ve got to say that everywhere we’ve been fishing this week has been pretty good! [...]
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