Foscoe Fishing Company Guide - John Lord
John grew up in Greenville, SC where his grandfather taught him how to fly fish on small streams in the mountains of northwest SC. Since then he has always had a passion for any sport that gets him in the woods--fishing, hunting, and mountain biking are his favorites. After high school he moved to the mountains of NC and has called them home ever since. John loves fishing small, remote streams that see few anglers. He loves teaching folks how to fly fish and is the Fly Fishing Instructor at Foscoe Fishing Co.
John's Fly Fishing Tales
Follow along with John as he shares his flyfishing adventures in the freshwater streams of North Carolina and Tennessee. John posts to this blog regularly so be sure to check back often or subsribe to our newsletter for digest updates.
Farm Pond Bass Fishing
I recently had the opportunity to go and fish a small pond in SC while on a duck hunting trip. “Farm pond” fishing is one of my favorite ways to get a line wet. Usually there are alot of different species lurking in those dingy waters like large mouth bass, sunfish (bream), crappie, catfish, and there’s always the stories of the giant snapping turtle as big as a dinner table.
I am no Nathan Webber when it comes to bass fishing, but we did alright fishing brown woolly buggers on a slow retrieve. The bass were hungry, but not too willing to chase anything moving fast. After we caught a few bucket mouths, we switched to some trout patterns like copper johns and soft hackles to catch some bream.
Small pond fishing is a great way to keep fishing in the winter, or if you live far from a trout stream. Its easy to run out for an afternoon and cast some flies to eager fish- or maybe even hook that giant snapping turtle. -John
Winter Fishing
Its cold, I can’t feel my hands, the guides on my rod keep freezing, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Winter is one of my favorite times to hit the water. Finish reading this tale >>
Favorite Brook Trout Streams
Last night I left the shop early so I could get some fishing in on one of my favorite brook trout streams. Being wild fish, these little fellas were not very picky.
I tied on a size 16 caddis pattern with some CDC wings and didn’t change flies till I caught a nice rhododendron bush. The fish were eager to rise as long as they didn’t see me.
The brookies are starting to get their spawning colors, and in some of the pools it was like looking into a tropical aquarium. All in all it was a great afternoon on one of my favorite streams.
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