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As fall weather makes its way into town, higher flows continue on the tailwaters with lakes being drawn down to their winter pool. The fishing on  tailwaters remains good for the wading angler when the generation schedule allows. Fishing early when the fog is still out on the water can be highly productive and present [...]

Folks, fall river patterns are here. As our friends at the TVA begin to draw down the lakes to their winter pool, we can expect to see consistently higher flows around the clock for the next little bit. That being said, the fishing on the Clinch via boat on the higher flows has been heating [...]

Congratulations. If you are new to East Tennessee, you just made it through your first False Fall. You know those days that were brisk in the morning, mild highs during the day, and the chill that crept back in once the sun went down? Yeah that's a false fall. Now we're facing down days that [...]

The dogdays of August are upon us and we’re all feeling the heat, fish included. The current situation is par for course this time of year so you may have to get outside of your comfort zone if you want to get out and chase some finned creatures. Here’s the lowdown from where I’m sitting. [...]

I believe it is safe to say that at no time in the last ten years of writing a fishing forecast have we had a better forecast as we do in the following week or two. As I type, millions of Brood X cicada are busy calling to their neighbors both far and wide. The [...]

We are truly experiencing Halcyon Days here in East Tennessee. It has been at least four, if not five, long years since we have experienced low water flows on our tailwaters during the month of April. I was at a loss on Monday on where to go because literally ever river in the area is [...]