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Winter arrived with a bang this week. Our first real blast of cold air swooped in on Monday night and some or most of us had at least a little snow on the ground Tuesday morning. The mountains, of course, got more than their fare share of the white stuff and so water temperatures in [...]

A buddy of mine called yesterday just to check in and see how I was doing. He was headed up to the Clinch to give it a go and see what the highwater might hold. We got to talking about this and that but mostly fishing and I think I said something to the effect [...]

The good, the bad, and the ugly. There is a lot of noise in this week’s fishing forecast as the weather tries to make up its mind on what it wants to do. The weather folks had predicted some heavy precipitation in the area overnight and into today. Thus far their predictions have fallen flat, [...]

Rain, rain, and more rain has set upon us here mid-week and the fishing outlook for the weekend is a little cloudy as a result. As I type, the flows in the GSMNP are beginning to rise and that should continue through Thursday night as the forecast is calling for upwards of four inches in [...]

From brookies to smallmouth to tailwater trout, there's a lot of opportunities to get out and find some good fishing here in the next month. Plus, the weather and Fall colors are only getting better. The Clinch is starting to get to the right lake levels. We'll see what this means for wading and floating, [...]

Mid-week has arrived once again and instead of being out on the water I find myself sitting at my desk pecking out another fishing forecast for the weekend. Per last week, the fantastic weather has persisted and as predicted I have managed to get out and about on a couple of occasions. When not occupied [...]