Foscoe Fishing Company’s Fly Fishing Blog
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TN Tailwater Update
Fishing has been excellent in TN recently. Significant hatches throughout the day of crane-flies and mayflies have made sight fishing with the dry-fly exciting. Nymphing fast water has also been fun producing good size fish. This is always my favorite time of the year to fish, its like the calm before a storm, as soon as October comes so will the other fisherman! Have fun out there and come by and see us at the fly-shop or on the river.
matt
Local & TN Fishing Report
Local waters continue to fish well with the good water levels. Afternoon thunderstorms have kept rivers flowing greatfor this time of year. Nymph fishing continues to be good using a variety of stone-fly patterns ranging from size 8-16 as well as caddis larva patterns in the 12-16 range. The usual searching patterns like pheasant tails and hares ears in sizes 12-18 should work as well. Even though there are not an abundance of aquatic bugs hatching this time of year there are always terrestrials floating down the river.
I watch beetles, grasshoppers, inchworms, spiders, caterpillars, bees, hornets, ants and many other terrestrials happen there way into the river everyday. All of these are great food for trout through the summer.
The TN Tailwaters (Watauga, S.Holston), have been fishing well. Terrestrial patterns are working with thousands of June Bugs and Japanese beetles littering the river. As well as many other non aquatic bugs. Nymph fishing has been good in the afternoons on the Watauga with small mayflies hatching in certain areas. Midges are around throughout the day and will also catch fish.
The South Holston is finally generating again after some turbine work at the dam. The low water wade fishing has been good using scud, midge and mayfly patterns in various sizes. The sulfur mayfly hatch is in full swing on the upper part of the river and the dry-fly bite should be heating up right before and during high-water. Make sure to have sulfur yellow mayfly patterns sizes 14-18 if you plan on heading to the river.
Good Luck, and make sure to call and book a fishing trip if you are interested, 828-963-6556.
Crazy Weather
Spring has been far from normal this year. One day its 70, the next it’s 40. Rain, rain, rain, a pretty common word these days. While rain does put a damper on the conditions, it can be a big help down the road when summer heat lowers water levels and even a light rainy day can make for some great fishing. For now i’m gonna welcome the rain because the dry summer weather isn’t far away!
4/13/11 Fishing Report
Local fishing on the Delayed Harvest waters has been nothing shy of excellent! Water levels are great and fish are responding well. Attractor patterns such as egg patterns and san juans are good flies to have as well as smaller caddis patterns(soft hackles) as well as standard nymph patterns(small flashback PT).
The tailwaters are just starting to crank up and fishing has been pretty good during the past couple of weeks! On the Watauga, rainfall has increased flows and generation so fishing can be touch and go this month but look for larger numbers of caddis to appear at any time! Fish have been caught on small soft hackles, blue wings, cranefly patterns, and midges in a variety of sizes and colors.
On the South Holston, look for greater periods of generation as well. The bite on the upper section has been fairly steady with good numbers of fish boated during floats. Fish are still responding well to midges in small sizes, black flies, craneflies, scuds, and the occasional good blue wing hatch.
March Tailwaters Fishing Report
Fished the Watauga river on Tuesday and the day started out well with higher than average flow and we ended up catching a few fish on nymph rigs. Suddenly the fish catching came to a stop when the water flow increased rapidly and generation was underway. This can put the fish down for a short while but it doesn’t mean that the fishing is over. We let the fish settle in, and due to the off colored water we tied on a couple larger, brighter patterns and it wasn’t long before we had another fish on! Finding the seams and softer water is the key to finding fish in periods of high water. Adding plenty of weight will get the flies down and increase odds. Don’t let high water days get you down- reconfigure your rigs and find the “protective” water and you’ll catch more fish!
