#Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Guide

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Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Report for March

Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Report for March

Tuckasegee River Fishing Report

The Tuckasegee River is fishing on fire this month. We’re seeing lots of big Brown trout being caught each day with several hovering above that magical 20 inch mark! Both Float Trips and Wade Trips are very productive so far. Mild overall temperatures have the spring hatches of Quill Gordons, Blue Quills and Caddis coming off strong. Dry fly action in the…

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Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing Report

Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing Report

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Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report December 2nd

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report December 2nd

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report

The old timers have always said when it thunders in the winter its always followed by snow. While most of my life, Ive always seen this to be true. However after last nights episode of thunder and lightning, we are left with an incredibly beautiful day that feels more summer like than December 2nd. I sit here writing this report on the steps of my log cabin…

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Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report November 8th

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report November 8th

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report

The Great Smoky Mountains are fishing incredible this week. Mild temperatures and scattered showers have the creeks and rivers in perfect shape! Big Browns are on the move in several area streams making November an incredible month to come fish the Great Smoky Mountains region.

Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is fishing very…

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Fly Fishing the Solar Eclipse

Fly Fishing the Solar Eclipse

Fly Fishing the Solar Eclipse

The Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017 will forever be one of the most amazing days living and just being in the Smoky Mountains of my life.

I headed out to Forney Creek by way of Fontana Lake at the 288 boat ramp just below Bryson City. Not much activity to report out of the ordinary before the actual eclipse got started. Typical hot August day with nary a cloud in…

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Winter Fly Fishing Report

Winter Fly Fishing Report

Winter Fly Fishing around the Great Smoky Mountains region is your best shot all year at large trout! A widely known fact is that big trout love cold weather. We are already seeing some very large Brown, Brook and Rainbow being caught by our guests, and at the time of writing this, Winter has not officially even started yet!

Tuckasegee River Brown Trout

The Tuckasegee…

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Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Report May

Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Report May

Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing Report May

The Tuckasegee River is fishing at its absolute peak for the year. This past week both stretches of the Tuckasegee were given the final stocking of the Delayed Harvest season. Big Rainbow, Brown, and Brook trout are prowling the waters and they are hungry! Water temps are perfect and the hatches are abundant. You couldn’t buy a better time to be on the…

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Spring Fly Fishing around the corner

Spring Fly Fishing around the corner

Spring Fly Fishing

Spring fly fishing will be here before you know it! Unofficially Spring starts here in the Great Smoky Mountains around March 1st. With the coming of Spring brings some amazing opportunities for fly fishing not only the Smoky Mountains, but across the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

Tuckasegee River Fly Fishing

Hands down the best Spring time fishing in the region.…

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Winter Projects

Each Winter the Fly Fishing industry is typically busy trying to get ready for their upcoming seasons. Be that tying flies, repairs to gear and boats, or hatching out new game plans to one up their competition. Lots of guides and shops also travel to trade shows in far flung reaches of the country in hopes of attracting new customers. While we have our fair share in all of those activities, we…

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October 31st Fly Fishing Report

October 31st Fly Fishing Report

 October 31st Fly Fishing Report

October has been good to us this month. Unseasonably warm weather the first three weeks of the month caught everyone off gaurd with highs that soared into the low to mid 80’s. It is October right? The weather is starting too cool off now, and rapidly I might add. Seems we have gone from Summer straight to Winter. The past two days we have seen snow flying round…

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Fall Colors starting in the Great Smoky Mountains

Fall Colors starting in the Great Smoky Mountains

Fall Colors starting in the Great Smoky Mountains

Its beginning to look like Fall across the Great Smoky Mountains. Colors are starting to turn in the high elevations and its shaping up to be an early color season with one that promisies to have bright vivid yellows, reds, and oranges!

High elevations are expected to reach their peak the first weekend of October. Areas such as Mt LeConte,…

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Fall Fly Fishing

Fall Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains

Fall Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains is simply breathe taking! Fall leaf colors are popping everywhere as mother nature paints the landscape. While the leaves are at work turning more colors than a box of Crayons, the trout are also creating their own visceral spectacle.

Fall is the second peak for fishing in the Smoky Mountains. Literally every stream…

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Was your Summer fun?

Was your Summer fun?

Where did Summer go?

I sit here this morning with another first day of school behind us now. Seems like only yesterday we were dropping them off at pre-K for their first big day. I remember them clinging to my legs begging not to go, and their momma trying to hold back the tears because her babies were growing up. Now I pull up to the parent drop off at high school and middle school and they act…

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Best August in years

Best August in years

Best August in years

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding region are fishing better than any August in recent memory. This is simply the best August in years!

Cooler day time and nightly temperatures combined with afternoon showers have made for some excellent stream conditions and fishing. Stream levels are fuller this time of year than in several years past. Hatches have…

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Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report July 31st

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report July 31st

Great Smoky Mountains Fishing Report July 31st

And just like that July is over. Summer vacation is whizzing by and the older we get the faster time seems to fly. As a child I always dreaded the arrival of August as that meant it wasn’t long until school started back and my days of roaming the Smoky Mountains would come to an end. Except of course until the weekends where I could squeeze out a…

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Tuckasegee River Fishing Report May 19th

Tuckasegee River Fishing Report May 19th

Tuckasegee River Fishing Report May 19th

The Tuckasegee River fishing is incredible this week! Ideal generation schedules from the East and West Fork have the Tuckasegee River fishing perfectly. The action has been fantastic through out the entire day. We are catching big Rainbow and Brown Trout, along with Smallmouth Bass this week. Hatches have been great each day with tons of Caddis and…