Foscoe Fishing Company’s Fly Fishing Blog

The Foscoe Fishing Company Blog is the perfect place for us to share our adventures with you. Our guides take great joy in their job (if you were an avid fisherman wouldn’t you like to get paid to do it on a frequent basis?) and recounting adventures of the day is one way to share the joy.

We would also love to hear from you! Feel free to contact us and tell us your story. Send in your pictures, too, we’ll be happy to add them to the blog.

Delayed harvest is back!

Fishing has been excellent  the past few weeks in the high country. The cooler weather has really made the trout more active and willing to feed. The delayed harvest sections of the Watauga river have been stocked and offers anglers a good opportunity to catch high numbers of fish. I helped stock on Monday and we really tried to spread the fish throughout the river evenly. One of the better stocked sections was the Valle Crucis Park which is a good place to go if you only have a few hours to fish. With old man winter just around the corner this is one of the best times to get out on the water and wet a line.

Bundle up and come fishing

With the leaves changing and the cooler temperatures settling in, fishing in the High Country is heating up. The wild fish have become active and are feeding voraciously, while the DH waters are full of eager to please stocked fish. The tailwaters present the opportunity to cast to paired browns as well as boat high numbers of fish. Don’t let the cooler weather keep you from some of the best fishing of the year. Tight lines and I’ll se you on the water.

Is fishing an illness?

I am usually on the water over 200 days a year for either work or play. I can guide 20 or 30 days in a row and then go on vacation to do what else? Fish of course. I am really beginning to think this is some kind of illness.

Watauga tailwater still on fire

The past weeks on the Watauga have been amazing. Floats with clients last week produced multiple 50 fish days, and fun-fishing floats Sunday and Monday boated two fish of nearly 18″. The caddis and blue wing hatches in the evening are bringing some of the larger fish to the surface, while the nymphing action is hot for the better part of the afternoon. The cooler weather, and the end of recreational releases from the TVA allow for longer and more comfortable floats. Call the shop and book a float trip to enjoy this phenomenal fishing before Old Man Winter decides to settle in.

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone I’m Clay, the new face at Foscoe Fishing Company. I am excited about working at the shop, along with guiding in order to share my love of fishing with others. As an avid fisherman when I am not working I am on the water so if you all have any questions about the local streams or what bugs to use, feel free to stop in and talk with me.

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