Fly Fish Middle Tennessee

The weather has been on the wet side this year. The lakes are just high enough and anglers will to watch the generation forecasts closely. There are still good windows of excellent flow to get on the water and find yourself in the casting braces of the F/V Southeastern Fly. Clay found himself in the front brace on high water, slingin' streamers, and came up with some nice browns and this fine rainbow (see above). On the other end of the flows we found Eddie some nice brown trout (see photo below), with as little flow as I've seen in a while. Plenty of anglers have been with us and found good flows and good fish.

Both the Caney and the Elk have been fishing well. We are finding ways to beat the heat and the traffic by scheduling at more the right times than not. Don't let anyone tell you different, you can get some water to yourself even on the weekdays and weekends. We are having a good time on both rivers.

If you aren't following Middle Tennessee Fly Fishers on Facebook, I recommend pulling up their page up and take a look at the entomology work they did on the Caney Fork the other day. There are good photos and those photos can provide plenty of ideas for fly tying.

For anyone waiting until just the right time to book your date with me in the drifter, the summertime bite up top is just around the corner. The fish are starting to look up and those terrestrials we have been holding in the box are getting some good looks. The calendar is filling so if you are ready to fish, please get in touch with me to get your date set.

If you aren't following Southeastern Fly on Facebook and Instagram you are missing some of the action. Good and entertaining conversations on very serious subjects like chocolate and Fishtail Fridays. It's worth a click and a follow for sure. 

For all the people who booked trips this year, some who had rescheduled for weather and those who repeated already, thank you for choosing Southeastern Fly! It's been a good year so far and there is much more to come.

If you are a seasoned angler or have never picked up a fly rod and want to set up a day on the river e-mail or call/text 615-796-5143 to book a day on the water. For additional booking information see our Homepage and to see the latest fishing report click here.

Fly Fishing Nashville TN

Tonto and Bubba came back again this year to the casting braces of the F/V Southeastern Fly. Last year they caught good numbers of fish. This year we got on the river with a high flow and struggled throughout the morning. Well, Tonto struggled, or was it Bubba that struggled? It's hard to tell who is who, but it wasn't hard to tell who was having a great time when the water was shut off and the fishing picked up. That was all of us! The Little Southern Tailwater came to life and the holdover browns decided they liked the way our nymphs looked. See you next time guys.

The Elk River- With the big rain events, that have been spread out just right, we have been fishing more high water than ever. The fishing on high water can be hit or miss and getting the fly in exactly the right spot is critical to success. Proper mends in the right seams make for good presentation and that's what we work on...always. As we move into summer we will see lower flows. So far this year the Elk has been fishing good on low water. The normal Middle TN bugs have been working just fine to trick the fish and don't be surprised when a good holdover challenges your A-game.

The Caney Fork- This river reminds me of a saying I heard once. "Good fishery - Good fishermen". The Caney continues to give up some nice fish. Streamers on high water and nymphs/midges on low water. Anglers in the braces have been bringing plenty of nice fish to the net. Timing is everything on this river when the traffic is heavy, but we've stuck good numbers of fish in traffic. Also, believe it or not, we've been the only boat on the river several times too. 

The Streamer Bite- This year the streamer fishing has been as good as I remember. And, well, it's lasting a little longer too. The hot color has been easy to spot, just look on about any tree limb it seems and you will see a streamer hanging out of it. But, the color may be starting to move a little darker on the the ole color wheel soon...

The days are getting busy- It's been a little tougher to post the report like I want to post. However, I'm going to try to do better with this report. If you want to keep more "up to the minute" on what's happening on the river just follow Southeastern Fly on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. There seems to be something going on every other day or so. 

The calendar is filling up with more days on the water. If you want to get on the river just call, text or email for the open dates! Until then thanks for stopping by the fishing report. Well gotta run and get an afternoon float in before the storms arrive. See you on the river.

If you are a seasoned angler or have never picked up a fly rod and want to set up a day on the river e-mail or call/text 615-796-5143 to book a day on the water. For additional booking information see our Homepage and to see the latest fishing report click here.