Fishing Reports

This Week's Report
Oct. 22-28, 2007

Thanks for coming to check out the fishing report for the week of October 22nd through the 28th. The trips we have had this week in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina have been good.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was spent working on the new wooden skiff we are building for Nes, my guide partner. We got all the components cut out after gluing the scarf joints and giving them some time to dry. The front and rear seat pedestals were formed and allowed to dry. We glued up the rowers seat base unit and worked on the rope rowers seat frames. The sides are really looking nice after the first coat of the 3M-epoxy resin coating, one of many.

Thursday I floated the Watauga Tailwater with outdoor writer and photographer Bob Epstein. The Carter County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Board set up the trip. The North East Tennessee Tourism Association had brought a group of outdoor writers to the area and assigned them to the various tourism offices to do articles and stories on the great attributes of East Tennessee. Bob had a great day on the water catching rainbows, browns, and brookies. He also had a great day getting many photographs of the beautiful scenery along the Watauga.

Friday was spent tying flies and getting ready for a full weekend of guiding on the waters in and around the Foscoe and Valle Crucis areas.

Saturday was a double wade trip day on the Delayed Harvest waters. The morning group was a group of 4 friends from Atlanta, Georgia. They usually would do a trip this time of year to fish the saltwater. They decided this year to try something different. We spent the first hour working on casting skills. As complete beginners they picked up on the casting in a short time and were soon catching fish. The rest of the morning was moving to a couple of different sections of water to give them the chance at using different techniques like deep nymphing and casting woolly buggers and stripping them back. It was really cool watching that better brown follow and then take that olive woolly bugger. The hook set wasn't as good as needed to bury the hook and after a short fight he came unbuttoned. We ended the morning getting some great pictures of the group for them to always be able to remember this trip. As we dropped them off at their car we were planning their return trip in the Spring to float the Watauga in East Tennessee during the Caddis Hatch.

My second trip was a young gentleman who is a Senior at Appalachian State. He is from the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. He had taken the sport of fly fishing up in the spring and wanted to take a day to learn the proper casts and techniques for the smaller waters like he will be fishing after graduation this winter and moves back home to help run his family's business. Here is a picture of one his catches from the afternoon.

Sunday was a morning wade trip with a gentleman and his son-in-law. The father-in law had taken up fly-fishing about a year ago and took lessons from the folks at Foscoe Fishing Company. He recently bought his son-in-law a complete fly-fishing outfit. They decided to take a guide trip to help with the learning curve. We started of with casting lessons, and then went to reading the water, and fly selection. We then moved to another stretch of water to put their skills to the test. It was great to see both of them working the water and hooking up with some nice rainbows and browns. I could tell they were both satisfied with their day by the big smiles and sound of confidence in their voices. I look forward to taking them on a float trip on the Tennessee tailwaters.

The Fall colors are starting to fade and the leaves are falling to the ground and into the streams and rivers. I am looking forward to seeing some great friends and clients on their upcoming trips in the next few weeks. We still have some openings for November and are starting to book some in December.

I want to thank those that stop by to read my fishing reports, I hope you continue to come back.

Past Reports

Oct. 21, 2007
Oct. 14, 2007
Oct. 7, 2007
Sept. 29, 2007