Wild Streams on Fire

Fished the upper and lower sections of a wild trout stream. Hiked up a tremendous waterfall for some brookies and then fished a lower section for some good rainbows. The weather was perfect and the water levels are the best I've seen in ten years for this time of the year. Also lots of hatches coming off. I saw dark caddis, yellow sally's and sulfurs

Brookies one more time.

The last few weeks have seen some of the best wild brookie fishing I have seen in the last 5 years. It is on fire with plenty of water in the headwaters. The hatches have been prolific as well with yellow sally's and caddis coming off well.







I bushwacked a new trail to get below a long water fall I have wanted to fish for a couple weeks now. When I got done fishing I saw this in the road that parallels the creek.

Western NC Brown Trout

I fished another local wild stream, this time for browns. It rained on and off the whole time but the fish did not seem to mind. I 'tore them up on an EHC size 12. I caught 25 before a downpour finally sent me to the truck.

Hit a couple of brookie streams in WNC and landed plenty of fish. Looks like the upper sections of the wild streams here are fishing better than the lower sections.








Here is a shot of the dividing line between the brookies and the browns on this particular stream

Sucker Run Late

The Sucker run seems to be late this year. I have checked all my usual spots and none are to be found.

Wild Stream Fishing Starting to Warm Up

Fished a local wild brown trout stream and started to pick up enthusiastic trout as the water warmed up after lunch. I started off catching trout in the tail end of the pools on nymphs. I moved to a streamer next and caught a couple pushing 12 inches. As the afternoon sun warmed the water I was finally able to switch to a caddis dry and catch a couple before the sun went down.

Soho

Spent the weekend fishing the South Holston and Watauga Rivers. The Soho fished the best, but only right at the grates. Very little bug activity except tiny midges. Even the black fly hatches were sporadic. We did explore quite a bit on the Watauga and found a few more places to access. We even caught a few rainbows right in town. I am looking forward to some warmer temperatures to increase the bug activity.