Trout Zone Anglers

We have been fishing all across middle and East Tennessee lately. The lowland rivers from the Caney Fork to the Clinch to smallmouth bass streams like the Pigeon have all been fishing well lately. Smaller water in the Smokies has…

This year’s emergence of brood x cicadas was everything you could imagine. Bass and carp were the main targets where I chose to fish, but there were places to target trout as well if you were willing to travel a…

Fishing continues to be good to excellent across middle and East Tennessee. We are right in the heart of the best spring fishing right now. Everything is fishing well from the Clinch and Caney Fork Rivers to the Great Smoky…

Water levels continue to drop towards normal on the mountain trout streams. On the tailwaters, we are still looking at a few days of high water at minimum. With warming temperatures, the mountain trout streams will be fishing well along…

The last handful of days have been rather trying if you are a fly angler in middle or East Tennessee. Right now, we are experiencing yet another rain event that will keep the Smokies unfishable for a few more days.…

Fishing is really picking up around the area. Tailwaters are starting to drop to something more reasonable, and also the mountains are getting into spring fishing time. Hatches have started with happy fish. Read on to find out the details.…

Fishing has started to pick up across middle and East Tennessee, especially in the Great Smoky Mountains. Tailwater fishing remains spotty but should also be picking up soon unless we get too much rain and an extended bout of high…

Let’s get straight to the point. We haven’t been on the water a ton lately. The weather has been a real rollercoaster with high water or cold snow and ice more often than not. I’ve been cranking out flies at…