Caney Fork

Caney Fork

December 7, 2010  |  Reports  |  No Comments  |  Share

This fall has been a little slow for us on the Caney, but we have found more luck with cooler temperatures.  Until recently the generation schedule has been predictable enough, and if you were to float the river, you could spend an early afternoon catching fish on the falling water,...

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Cherokee National Forest

Cherokee National Forest

September 16, 2010  |  Reports, Trips  |  No Comments  |  Share

What a way to start the Fall Dad and I spent the weekend out in the Cherokee National Forest following the blue lines on the map for some wild trout on dries.  After wandering around the Forest Service roads for most of the first day, we had a handful of very...

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Fishing out a storm at the Caney

Fishing out a storm at the Caney

August 16, 2010  |  Reports  |  No Comments  |  Share

Adam and I made it over to the Caney a few days ago to bother some trout for just a couple of hours. After we made it to the river, as luck would have it, a thunderstorm rolled in. No sooner had we waded into the water that the rains...

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Fishing through the heat

Molly landed her first trout on a fly rod on a mid-July morning this year!

Fishing through the heat

August 16, 2010  |  Reports  |  No Comments  |  Share

When these crazy heat waves are upon us, the fish feel it to, that's for sure. Trout become more and more lethargic as the heat raises the water temps in their habitats. Water temperature aside, they become more and more pressured as anglers and boaters alike flock to tailwaters to...

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Snook on the fly

Snook on the fly

July 23, 2010  |  Reports  |  3 Comments  |  Share

A pretty nice little Thursday Thursday found me back in Florida, and after some time on the beach, I was itching to get on the water for my night Snook trip. After dinner I met up with Steve Gibson of Shallow Pockets Fishing, and we were off. We set off for the...

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Popper fishing

Popper fishing

May 26, 2010  |  Instruction, Reports  |  1 Comment  |  Share

Now that summer is upon us,  it's time to break out the poppers and start hitting the lakes and ponds. Adam and I spent most of the evening keeping some bass and bream occupied at one of our local haunts. The action was steady from the start, with plenty of good-sized...

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