February 1, 2010

The spawning areas that have been closed for several months are back open for fishing. We and put the hyde in the water around 9am. We had great expectations for the fishing. The fishing proved to be very good. The fish in the newly opened water were very hungry and acted as though they hadn’t seen a fly before. The morning was very cold in the 20’s with wind. We fished nymphs down to the cul da sac with good numbers. As the sun heated the water as expected the blue wing olives began to pop. Like clockwork the fish began to rise to the emerging duns.  There is just nothing like dry fly fishing on the first of february with no one else around. This river is most definately one of the best trout fisheries in the South East. Where else can you think of can you go catch wild trout on a dry fly in the dead middle of winter. If you have not fished the South Holston River before you have got to get up here soon and take a trip. You just don’t know what you’re missing.  As you’ll see in the video it’s the ones that you don’t catch that you know are trophy fish that just keep bringing you back.