This week, my guest is Sav Sankaran, fishing manager at the Orvis store in Asheville, North Carolina. The subject is late-fall and winter trout fishing in the Southeast, and although Sav talks about his rivers specifically, there are . . .
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Top 10 Winter Flies for Western North Carolina and East Tennessee
Written by: Brown Hobson, Brown Trout Fly Fishing
This winter rainbow came from the Wautauga River.
Photo courtesy Brown Hobson
Winter fishing in the Southeast isn’t what it is in the rest of the country. We are blessed with average lows in the high 20s and average highs in the upper 40s. That still puts average water. . .
Read MorePhotos and Story from Hardly, Strictly Musky 2018
Written by: Seth Walker
Musky Dave shows off the fruits of all his labor, a 35-inch fly-caught musky.
Photos by Seth Walker
Each spring, a group of outcast fly fishermen gather in the hills of Tennessee for the annual Hardly, Strictly Musky fly-fishing tournament put on by Todd Gregory, owner of Towee Boats. It is not . . .
Read MoreVideo: In Search of Tennessee Muskies
You’ve heard all the cliches before: the fish of 10,000 casts, etc. Undeterred, the boys from Backyard Adventures headed to McMinnville, Tennessee, to see if they could catch one of these toothy . . .
Read MoreVideo: “Jewel of the Smokies” Trailer #1
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I love nothing more than chasing native brook trout in the mountain streams of the Green Mountains of Vermont near Orvis HQ. Here’s a beautiful . . .
Read MoreVideo: Tennessee Backcountry Brown Trout
Here’s a short, dreamy film about fly fishing in middle Tennessee, from thebusted boat. I always appreciate it when someone tries to give a fly-fishing video an interesting mood or ambiance, . . .
Read MorePhoto Essay: Dropping in for a Little Kayak Fly-Fishing
Damon gets ready to take the plunge into a fishing hole.
Photos courtesy Jackson Kayak
Former Trout Bum of the Week Damon Bungard is the product manager at Jackson Kayak, and he sent in these great images that highlight the versatility of the company’s new crossover. . .
Read MorePhotos: South Holston “Get The Tread Out” Clean-up
The single-day haul was impressive and offers hope for the future.
I have been a part of many river clean-ups. Usually, we pick up trash from along the banks and everyone goes home content—knowing that a darker pile of garbage was left in the river and. . .
Read MorePhotos: Brown Trout and Orange Dogs on the Watauga
Written by: Ed Felker, Dispatches from the Potomac
There were no monsters on the day, but the browns were healthy and beautiful.
Photo by Ed Felker
During the planning phase of this trip, which started over eight months ago, I knew I wanted to fish with veteran guide Patrick Fulkrod. Patrick was named the 2014 Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year and has worked hard to earn the reputation as “The Man” in the area of Tennessee’s. . .
Read MorePodcast: Fishing the Tailwaters of Eastern Tennessee with Patrick Fulkrod, the 2014 Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year
On this week’s podcast, 2014 Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year Patrick Fulkrod gives us a very full accounting of fly-fishing on the tailwaters of east Tennessee, specifically the Watauga and. . . Read More