Let me rewind a few years. I was in love with the woman of my life. I had just bought a ring and we were on our way to Charleston, SC. I told her I was bringing a fly rod and had all the intention of the world to try to red fishing. I . . . → Read More: Redfish on the Fly Finally!
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Wow, am I glad that the Holiday shopping season is over! It flew by in a blink of an eye and it was very successful, but I’m really ready for a little slower pace for a few months. Typically it is bitterly cold this time of year, however this year has not been the . . . → Read More: Free Fly Tying 101 Class at Orvis I thought this video was really cool. I pulled the article off of Orvis’ Fly Fishing Blog and it seems like the Trout Underground posted a great interview. I’ve read every Gierach book except his new one “No Shortage of Good Days” and I can’t wait to read it this winter. A Double . . . → Read More: A Double Dose of John Gierach There seems to be a growing buzz thoughout the fly angling community about musky fishing with the fly since Brad Bohen’s new video Musky Country: Zero 2 Hero. These guys seem to have really started to share what they’ve been doing and the word is spreading. I’m sure there are even more guys out there and maybe . . . → Read More: Musky Talk Okay, the west is cool too. The above video is from a little fishing I did out in Utah around the Altamont area. We stayed at Falcon’s Ledge Resort . There were twelve of us and we all split up and fished different rivers around the area. Which ran the gamut from freestone . . . → Read More: Utah Trip 2011 Really, I get the same comments all of the time. Those comments are; “Where do you fly fish around here?”, “I can’t wait to go out west.” and “It’s just different out west”. Most of the time these folks have never fished the South Holston or Watauga tailwaters, or if they have, they have . . . → Read More: Who needs to go out west when you have the South Holston Made it out to fish with a friend that happened to be passing through town. I had a mid-term to study for, so I could only fish half of the day . We decided on the Clinch as it is only about 20 minutes from the house. Plus, it has been giving up some . . . → Read More: The Clinch gives up another surprise! Let me first say how fortunate I am to live in an area that has such great and diverse fishing opportunities. East Tennessee has everything that a fisherman could ever want. From small mountain streams to tailwaters that fish like rivers in Montana and plenty of lakes in between. Every year one of my . . . → Read More: The Tennessee Tour Okay…go ahead and admit it. You’ve been guilty of wishing for a small fish. Sure, we all hop in the water with visions of one of those grip and grin laviathans that will make us the envy of all our angling buddies. We picture the perfect hookset, the admirable fight, the headfirst guide into . . . → Read More: Size doesn’t matter with a skunk on your back Troutfest 2011 is complete. I’m not sure on the total money raised, but I’m sure it is as good as always. For those of you that are not familiar with Troutfest, check it out at Troutfest.org . In my opinion it is one of the coolest fly fishing festivals in the United States. Where else can you sit . . . → Read More: Troutfest and Fly Fishing Legends |
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