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…
Fishing Report For April 5, 2021
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…
Too Much Water
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 Report for March 14, 2021
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 Report for February 24, 2021
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…
Fishing Report for February 12, 2021
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…
Fishing Report for January 26, 2021
Fishing is decent to good across a large portion of Tennessee’s trout waters. We have recently been on the Caney Fork, Clinch River, and Hiwassee River. Of those three, the Hiwassee is putting out the best numbers while the Clinch…
Fishing Report for January 10, 2021
Things have cooled down further since our last fishing report. As I type, we still have snow outside from a couple of days ago with more forecast for tomorrow. Later this week, things will warm up and offer a good…
Fishing Report for January 3, 2020
Happy New Year!!! We are still waiting on a sustained shad kill on the tailwaters while fishing in the Smokies is mostly slow but with some windows of good fishing. I’ve been spending more time getting stuff done at home…
Fishing Report for December 22, 2020
Temperatures have remained seasonally mild as of late. The lakes have finally cooled down and tailwater temperatures are falling through the mid 50s. We are just a good cold snap from excellent shad kill conditions. The Smokies continue to produce…