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
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Saturday started out like what seemed to be any other day on the South Holston. As my best friend and fishing buddy cruised from Greeneville towards the river, we were full of excitement and nervous energy. Knowing that all the other streams in the area were gonna be off limits for the day, the . . . → Read More: March Madness! Man, I recently had my computer crash. I had everything on that machine. I was shifting through some you tube videos this evening and wouldn’t you know I found an old video of some buddies and myself. Boy do we look look young and it’s only been about four years. We fished a lot back . . . → Read More: Are we Old School! I kicked off the new year to a good start. On Tuesday I made it up to the South Holston River to fish with a couple of buddies, Jake and Ben. We floated from the wier down to Weaver Pike Bridge. TVA was generating from 6 am to noon and we put on the . . . → Read More: South Holston and Streamers Warm weather is on the way! I hope everyone is planning on fishing this weekend. I’ll be working in the shop, Orvis – Sevierville, so stick one for me. If I did have the day off I’d would hit the Smokies and fish Little River for big brownies. They should Start getting active . . . → Read More: Warm weather and a New Year Cold winter day’s with big fish swimming and sulphurs still around. The BWO’s and midges are coming off with a little snow falling down every once in a while. http://www.southeasternanglers.com I got a late start today on the river it was around 12:00pm when I got on the water. There was snow coming down, BWO’s coming off, and a cold winded blowing! It turned into a pretty good brown trout day! We are blessed here in Tennessee to have several great spots for trout. Tailwaters and wild streams abound here in the Volunteer state, and no matter where you live, you are close to great opportunities to fly fish for Rainbows, Browns and Brooks. This brought a thought to mind. What spot in our state . . . → Read More: Its all about location… I went up to the South Holston River yeaterday evening hoping to get into a BWO’s hatch. An when I got up there it was nothing but sulfurs and midges. Mostly midges but with tons of sulfur around the fish were rising to both! A long time client and friend, Jerry of Statesville came with his son to fish with me on the beautiful South Holston Tailwater, near Bristol, Tennessee. It was one of those days they will never forget. We got to the weir area and they waded before the water hit us from the generation. . . . → Read More: South Holston gives up a trophy |
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