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Smallmouth fishing is still going strong, and trouty weather is just around the corner. The Clinch and Holston are transitioning from Summer patterns into Fall, but mountain streams are doing very well for this time of year. In fact, we could be seeing some Fall caddis hatches this weekend. Smallmouth bass are still feeding on [...]

It is smallmouth season here in East Tennessee! If you have ever wanted to get into smallmouth fishing, this is the time to do it. The trout tailwaters are in flux and have spotty action as we transition from Summer into Fall, but mountain streams are doing very well for this time of year, and [...]

Most folks around here are taking a break from trout and exploring warmwater haunts until the weather turns around. Trout fishing is spotty on the Clinch, but we're seeing some more wading windows that what we previously had. Plus, the mountains are doing way better than usual for August. For smallmouth on the tailwaters, they're [...]

Tailwater fishing has been pretty good lately, and the Holston has actually cooled down a bit while the Clinch is giving good wading windows in the morning. We received some much-needed rain in the freestone streams as well, which has improved fishing in the mountains. On the Clinch, the usual suspects are doing best. A [...]

We're in the dog days of summer, which means carp and smallmouth are going to be the best game in town. However, there's plenty of opportunities to go up into high elevation streams to beat the heat. One of the generators on the Clinch is currently not working, so Norris will be running 1 generator [...]

Flows continue to be favorable on all of the tailwaters in the area, and it doesn’t appear that we’ll have enough rain to affect anything in a big way. If anything, we’re hoping we get enough rain to bump the freestone streams up a bit and cool the temperature down. Even if that doesn’t happen, [...]