I went to the Caney Fork River Saturday for the first time. I’ve been saying I wanted to find some of these “trout streams” in and around Nashville, and so I finally went. Caught plenty of fish, although nothing bigger than 12″. You could tell these were stocked fish. They all seemed like they were […]
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Late Night Fly Tying
I’ve been fishing San Juan Worms (SWJs) quite a bit recently. I know purists hate them. They don’t think they’re real flies. Whatever. I’m just trying to catch fish. Over the past two days I’ve caught countless sunfish, bass, and a catfish on this SWJ pattern. I’ve even hooked a few trout. That shows you […]
Late Night Fly Tying
All the crappie have been beating up my Donny Osmonds. Tonight I figured I’d reload. The bite has been excellent for the last three weeks. I have a feeling the storm system that just ran through central Tennessee will put a hold on things for a bit. It’s probably for the best. I really need […]
They like it
Yeah, I caught a lot of dinks tonight, but whatever.
Who turned on the fish?
I don’t really have much else to say. We ventured out to Percy Priest lake tonight, and somebody turned the fish on. The crappie beat up my woolly buggers so bad that I ran out. Plenty of other fish were caught too. I caught more bluegill than I could count, and surprisingly a good number of […]
Recently
The past five days have been good on the water. I haven’t exactly been “tearing them up,” but fish are being caught and good times are being had. I was recently able to spend the past weekend in Alabama, which means that I’ve been able to visit home waters. The highs were in the upper […]
Spring-ing
So, what’s been happening recently? This mild February has allowed me to fish more than I would have originally thought. Last winter was brutal, but this year it seems like spring is coming early. That’s great, because – let’s be honest – February is the worst month of the year. It just is. Don’t argue […]
Late Night Fly Tying Returns
Late night fly tying is back. The only semblance of a recurring thread that this blog might ever know has returned, kinda. I haven’t stopped tying, or staying up all night. I just haven’t blogged about it recently. Don’t worry. You haven’t missed much. Fishing has been slow. I haven’t been out much, meaning I haven’t lost […]
Mo’ creek fishin’
It was a warm and wet weekend. I made it back to Alabama just in time to get drenched by steady soaking rain. My original hope was to make it to the hooch just to see what the water was like, but just like my last trips back, the weather kept me away. I was […]
Summer Trip?
I can confirm that a float trip down the Chattahoochee River is in the works for this summer. We were holding out hope for a return trip to Alaska this summer, but it doesn’t look like that option will work out. So, the only thing to do about that is hop on a boat and […]
Tales from East Yahtam 