Fishing Report

Hiwassee River
The Hi continues to fish well. We're enjoying some good rainfall today and that will only help things.
Look for sulphurs, caddis, yellow sally stones and baetis for your dry fly action. Standard nymph patterns prevail. Dry fly and nymph fishermen have been catching fish side by side. Lots of hungry trout for sure!
Tellico River
Water levels have been a little lower than I like lately, but today's rain will cure that. The river has still been fishing well and the temps have remained good all year. Did a guide trip on the upper Tellico last Wednesday and the water temp was 57 degrees. Perfect!
Only used 2 flies on that trip and caught tons of fish. A #16 BH Prince and a #6 Olive bugger produced all day long. Had a little drizzle all day long so never tried a dry fly, although I'm sure a BWO would have worked well where we were fishing.
Did a short little trip Thursday evening with my son and one of his buddies to check on the local Tellico River smallmouth community. I won't elaborate much, but we found them to be alive and well. They appeared to be hungry however, and we did our best to try and feed as many as possible during our trip. They couldn't resist the yellow poppers. Nothing better than smallies on top with a fly rod. Gotta love it!
Speaking of smallies, we are presently working on offering a new smallmouth trip to our clients. We're still doing our homework and feeling it out, but it looks very promising so far. Stay tuned for more info. on these trips. If it all pans out, you WILL NOT want to miss it!