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david@southeasternfly.co____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.comBlogger626125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-39385683696388914092021-08-07T17:58:00.004-05:002021-08-07T18:00:06.045-05:00Elk River and Caney Fork Fishing report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P-KhAAZWc0qcXwpRW6UYBsXaxIUKog4bByvMRA2grhgYo9mqvp8fn6rKtIlIYAW9zzHhdf_JnwoCmHEz7xQBlbLXJUBvOQNxT8UgxBw84_bUbBm-is63_yGaIF5g9QNUftI3ODapMoWv/s2048/Podcast+-+2021.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P-KhAAZWc0qcXwpRW6UYBsXaxIUKog4bByvMRA2grhgYo9mqvp8fn6rKtIlIYAW9zzHhdf_JnwoCmHEz7xQBlbLXJUBvOQNxT8UgxBw84_bUbBm-is63_yGaIF5g9QNUftI3ODapMoWv/s320/Podcast+-+2021.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The podcast has some really good guests with informative fly fishing information. It's available anywhere you listen to podcasts.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Elk River has been fishing good for us. Anglers are getting action on nymphs and midges. Fishing deep has been the ticket. We are booking into September with a few August dates left. Summer is starting toward Fall. Folks are getting their trips booked as quick as they can get the open dates.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Caney has been hit or miss, but some good fish have been coming to the net. It's been mostly midges. Be ready for some big fish with some long periods of tough fishing. It can be worth the time and slow periods, but it's not easy.</span></p><p><br /></p>____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-32468066120970728172021-07-12T16:09:00.005-05:002021-07-12T16:10:33.888-05:00Fly Fishing Nashville<p><br /></p><p>Hey everyone we are real busy with guide trips and the podcast. Here’s a quick report:</p><p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theanglersinfluencepodcast/Top_10_Southern_Tailwater_Flies_Podcast.mp3">https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theanglersinfluencepodcast/Top_10_Southern_Tailwater_Flies_Podcast.mp3</a></p><p>The Southeastern Fly Podcast is released monthly. We are really working on content that’s usable on a daily basis while you’re on the water. Here is the July 2021 episode.</p><p>The Elk is fishing good. Good numbers with an occasional picture fish. Fishing nymphs and some midges, but we are bringing more fish to the net with nymphs. The best tip: find moving water.</p><p>The Caney is producing less fish. We are seeing some quality fish. This river is producing more on midges but nymphs are working too. Falls by water is best for us for sure.</p><p>You can contact David at 1+615-796-5143 or david@southeasternfly.co to book a trip or for information concerning the Southeastern Fly podcast.</p>____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-61871100963723677912020-10-05T18:00:00.001-05:002020-10-05T18:00:30.398-05:00Middle Tennessee Fly Fishing <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4isHqhOo1bt1e4xK4GgkoXgcJnt1yFSIUk4UiJuXy16VC2PlJ_C0loIHmhxSQvUWWYWHKaRjAlJjTRh2Rz8SGJnOEGxQ0HNvkVNuRcwA7xx3JoPzT01cHLFEF9qfqPN78yJzOFSj4KzsW/s640/IMG_1540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4isHqhOo1bt1e4xK4GgkoXgcJnt1yFSIUk4UiJuXy16VC2PlJ_C0loIHmhxSQvUWWYWHKaRjAlJjTRh2Rz8SGJnOEGxQ0HNvkVNuRcwA7xx3JoPzT01cHLFEF9qfqPN78yJzOFSj4KzsW/w272-h363/IMG_1540.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">It's been a crazy-busy summer. We have been doing a lot of trips with folks, who in-turn have been bringing good numbers of fish to the waiting net. It's been an interesting fishing year. Anglers have caught a fair number of fish on terrestrials however most of our better fish have come on nymphs.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">As the tailwaters begin the transition from summer to fall and then into winter, we are sticking the fish closer and closer to the bottom. Putting that fly in their face has always been critical, but this year more-so than ever.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMVVuRh4_vZ1ID958iJY5FUKAv8f8uW6SHEzu3DURr_cEa8R98PXyKQqKAdehyphenhyphentV6FOomNRVm0GQMvSJRw-dRArW7zTX6fuA27lHVCshEMTKTyZUkMeYz8G1iTB93XeRTPvDi22yNapBL/s640/IMG_1648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMVVuRh4_vZ1ID958iJY5FUKAv8f8uW6SHEzu3DURr_cEa8R98PXyKQqKAdehyphenhyphentV6FOomNRVm0GQMvSJRw-dRArW7zTX6fuA27lHVCshEMTKTyZUkMeYz8G1iTB93XeRTPvDi22yNapBL/s320/IMG_1648.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">We have been doing some Euro-nymphing too. This has been productive and on a lot of days this brings the catch rate up. As for more styles and species of fish, we have also been spending more time on warmwater streams and having some success. We will have a few more options for warmwater species during next year's seasons and we are stoked! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1JZhViNWYY4gmi8PbIH0z35SeWXWX2_cHUoY-jnUcYt7Ov6cCMTQtJ9OfdzT8fdeS_CwA_j4Q9LUjz6Wm_m9twLwsNN2xXL2Qvf9jbY2cC4LMiwzOfDxxwHND1taPEt7_7S4P_yhLEJM/s640/IMG_2098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1JZhViNWYY4gmi8PbIH0z35SeWXWX2_cHUoY-jnUcYt7Ov6cCMTQtJ9OfdzT8fdeS_CwA_j4Q9LUjz6Wm_m9twLwsNN2xXL2Qvf9jbY2cC4LMiwzOfDxxwHND1taPEt7_7S4P_yhLEJM/s320/IMG_2098.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">The Elk River- This river has made it through summer and really been hammered by everyone wanting to get out. We have been very successful on most days. Like I said earlier we are catching the largest majority of our fish on the nymph. Getting them down, in front of the fish, with good drifts, makes for a real nice day on the water.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWwHg6tzlilH0X7Cm1llRmpH41hEOxjp-LzTh0gXOFQbZJ3b2HrhnIBoRSq-y9xtPzXS1I-h7VdaanwZPJeyvnLAT5WuU9rPoEwLFPKgAhzLfKQhyphenhyphentVWg2xG98FPCJsBM99pwSqydk7AX/s640/IMG_2130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWwHg6tzlilH0X7Cm1llRmpH41hEOxjp-LzTh0gXOFQbZJ3b2HrhnIBoRSq-y9xtPzXS1I-h7VdaanwZPJeyvnLAT5WuU9rPoEwLFPKgAhzLfKQhyphenhyphentVWg2xG98FPCJsBM99pwSqydk7AX/s320/IMG_2130.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">The Caney Fork- This year started strong and then fell flat as the water in the lake warmed the water in the river. Then the DO levels began to fall. I am looking (hoping) for a comeback in the later months. But as we transition from fall to winter, I am mostly looking toward early 2021 for a better situation all around. We aren't giving up on this river and hoping the repairs to the dam, that happened over the last several years, will bring it back to a respectable fishery.</span><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3_Y4FBAwZ6EY7W0G_kNKtXIXk7gz7ApieAY07tvEBMK8Fjvd2GQlVwRHd0SMyyf5Bv0dnoxnPF5lu1tAnr9ScC0Teo9gcTNrZsyg61HDQ5Ma8IHURjc78gDeZPFmtOROEmiu6rFxwMXt/s714/IMG_1820.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="714" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3_Y4FBAwZ6EY7W0G_kNKtXIXk7gz7ApieAY07tvEBMK8Fjvd2GQlVwRHd0SMyyf5Bv0dnoxnPF5lu1tAnr9ScC0Teo9gcTNrZsyg61HDQ5Ma8IHURjc78gDeZPFmtOROEmiu6rFxwMXt/w205-h201/IMG_1820.jpg" width="205" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">There it is, a quick fishing report and report on other happenings under the Southeastern Fly umbrella. Don't forget the <i>Southeastern Fly podcast</i>, we've had some good quests who have been engaging and forthcoming with good information. You can subscribe to the podcast anywhere you consume podcast content.</span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px;">If you are a seasoned angler or have never picked up a fly rod and want to set up a day on the river</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px;"> call/text 615-796-5143 or email david@southeasternfly.co to book a day on the water. F</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.48px;">or additional booking information see our </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://www.southeasternfly.com/" style="color: #787878; line-height: 18.48px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Homepage</span></a><span style="color: blue;">. </span><span style="color: #444444;">To sign up for the latest edition of Southeastern Fly News </span><a href="https://southeasternfly.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=43497ab954d381eea11061db2&id=054eec672d" style="color: #787878; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Click Here</span></a></b></span></p>____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-45704000399493535502020-09-18T16:41:00.003-05:002020-09-18T16:41:52.191-05:00Trip Anticipation, Tannic Water and Smallmouth<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioO9wmaV2CcN_36m3O-97Z5D98wRu_Z-0T_X7g5mi81PR5Y_YNFPMiGjmsH6a_uhZcISrYmls40U6G3ElPaWbj8Ffi3v7aT7eDB2_CGJ5mwRzsuu74tD9leTFBUl1xNkAzmYnDXzTf0tSX/s767/seth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="767" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioO9wmaV2CcN_36m3O-97Z5D98wRu_Z-0T_X7g5mi81PR5Y_YNFPMiGjmsH6a_uhZcISrYmls40U6G3ElPaWbj8Ffi3v7aT7eDB2_CGJ5mwRzsuu74tD9leTFBUl1xNkAzmYnDXzTf0tSX/w373-h373/seth.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">This podcast episode with Seth at The Hatch Outfitters in Chattanooga, TN was like going back home. Its's a comfortable and inviting environment and Seth was an outstanding host. You can listen by clicking on the boat below or anywhere you listen to podcasts. And to read some of the excerpts from our discussion see parts of the transcription below.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/southeastern-fly/id1436771795" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2048" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TkYIYvgq3hK-zw5VLEIBUpM_3CbKGFCc4Khrq-Oc3jlnuFGaBJdpKLY3wRWKstO6mWahh5PaV1ASeiBIu_sFvbNXOwI2SoaDaP9RLr0g2pbSeBz6Z7iThLBzxir72OyhWfC_ugljHqKZ/w185-h116/New+SEF+Logo.png" width="185" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth- I still, I still can't sleep the night before a big trip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">David- My pace heading to the water and heading
out of the water are totally different. I'm almost at a run. If I'm sitting
waiting on people to come and meet, sitting in a parking lot somewhere usually
at one ramp or the other. And man, people just fly into the parking lot. I do
the same thing. So, I'm not saying anything about anybody because I'm exactly
the same. Yeah, but they just find that the parking lot and then they're like,
you know, it's gravel screeching, they're almost missing the turn. And I'm
like, yep, I was that same way 10 minutes ago. I mean, you want to kind of be
mad and that was me. You know, I did the same thing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Well, welcome into Southeastern Fly. I'm your host, David
Perry….Today we're traveling again, we've done the past two or three episodes
via telephone, which has really worked out nice for us and the folks that if
you haven't listened to those, those are two really, three really good podcasts
right in a row, pretty technical, but a couple of those we've done via
telephone, because of everything that's going on right now and I'm not even
going to mention what going on because I think everybody pretty much knows is
2020. If you haven't figured out what's going on 2020 yet, just keep your head
in the sand because that's a great place to be. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">But today we're traveling Today we're in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. I'm pretty familiar with Chattanooga because we're sitting in a fly
shop right now. And that fly shop is just about a mile from where my daughter
started preschool just through the tunnels here on Brainard Road in
Chattanooga. Our location is on Brainerd road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and
it's a new fly shop called The Hatch Outfitters. Our guest on this episode has
written articles for American Angler, Fly Tier magazine, Gray's Sporting Journal,
he's the digital manager for all those publications. He also owns The Hatch
Outfitters, you have a long resume here. Please welcome in to Southeastern Fly…
Seth Fields. Seth, thanks for having us down. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth- I don't know that all those magazines will have my
name associated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">David- Well, I've read every one of them, at least one or
two things out of every one. They're top notch magazines, you must be doing
something right. Either you're paying somebody or you know what you're doing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth--It's a good mix of magazines for sure. Definitely
happy to contribute to those when I can. It's been a real honor to get
published. And Grey's had a recent story in there. And in a second upcoming,
and I know you talk to David Cannon, who's been a contributor. Anytime you get
a, you know, get an acceptance to be published in there, it's pretty big deal.
Something worth calling mom, both of your faces light up whenever you talk
about getting published in there, which I'm not a talented enough writer by any
means.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">David- I can tell that it's a big deal in the writing world
whenever I just saw your face and I remember seeing David's face too. Your
facial expression changes to like, hey, I might have actually…really
accomplished something here. This is really great.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth- You buy a lot of copies. Yeah.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">_________________________________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth- ...the Mississippi on the west side of the river and then depending on what
time you go you might just go down another 30 minutes or so and be able to put
in there what you might go over to the east for an hour and put in there, just
depends on where the weather when what the water looks like this sort of thing
you know, you got to play it by ear. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">David....you have to be willing to do certain things for redfish on the fly. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">David....Yeah, I will drive ridiculous distances for certain fish. Tarpon and
especially our first time I came talk about tarpon because I haven't caught one
yet and I've just been I've been on boats. But anyway, our first time down to
Louisiana we drove an hour and then we got in the boat and went out Chandler
islands you know in a skiff. If you can imagine that. When about another hour
and 1015 minutes out there. I'll do some pretty ridiculous stuff to get what
I'm looking for. And it was super productive day two, so it was well worth it.
Now I've always wanted to fish there. But it's it's part of that excitement of
just a trip. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;">Seth- You know, driving down if it wasn't for gas, I'd never stop for a
tarpon trip</span></span></p>____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-60578629152085613352020-08-18T16:43:00.004-05:002020-08-18T16:49:32.765-05:00The Best Tippet to Fly Knot<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuH_mnvv1So6UvVemRw2zkDALaFFr52V40zc1_6E8VUWTvdQ97AHHRAgklPZskLtrKpodz6nHOdia7hCkGX8wVfe-9RsNWfJ51W5TRhmMUj9aEva086WEC1mqvCHBRTOZqSSZfM2dUyXb/s2048/DSCF5242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuH_mnvv1So6UvVemRw2zkDALaFFr52V40zc1_6E8VUWTvdQ97AHHRAgklPZskLtrKpodz6nHOdia7hCkGX8wVfe-9RsNWfJ51W5TRhmMUj9aEva086WEC1mqvCHBRTOZqSSZfM2dUyXb/w512-h384/DSCF5242.JPG" width="512" /></a></b></div><b><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">David, a friend of mine and I fish several times a week. Each time we fish, he loses flies. I mean a lot of flies. He seems to be getting frustrated and I really need a fishing partner. So, I want to help him. </span><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">What knot do you think is easiest and best for tying the fly to the tippet?</span></b></p><p><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>Thanks, Stevie</b></span><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></p><p><span color="" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">(Stevie is not his real name)</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stevie, I assume you have a knot that works for you and you tried to help your friend by teaching him the knot you use. I am also going to make a sizable leap here and assume your friend is hard-headed or is so ultra-competitive that he won’t use anything that you use. Thus he is always "looking for a competitive advantage." All of us, at some point, want to catch more fish and bigger fish than our fishing buddy. We want to do it every time and we don't even care if it’s our spouse. Competition is understandable. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The really cool thing about your email is, you get to fish a several times a week. People everywhere are wishing they were able to fish several times a week. <i>Consider yourself lucky.</i> The down side of the email is, your buddy has to
be spending a bunch of money on flies that end up in the river or somewhere
behind him after a back cast. Eventually he will run out of money or patience or both. Think about it. Fishes several times a week and cannot tie
flies to the tippet? The fly shop or mail order website love this guy. His spouse, if he has one, is wondering how all the kid's lunch money can be suddenly disappearing at $2.50 a pop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are several knots that will tie a fly to a piece of tippet. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Knots that will tie that fly to the tippet are for the most part basic.</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are also a ton of knot tying websites, and YouTube has some great videos, any reputable fly shop has someone who can show your friend a couple knots. Fly shops are required to have someone to help folks learn to tie knots. If yours doesn't, then go find another fly shop to frequent. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If your friend needs to know; how to tie a knot, how to choose a knot, wants to learn
the language of a knot, or just talk about knots in general, the first step is
Google. If your friend doesn't know how to use Google, find anyone below the age of 90
and they can probably help. Then find a knot that ties a fly to a piece of tippet. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In short, he should pick a knot, any knot. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I dare say your friend already has a knot or two that he
believes is easy to tie and that he might even like. He would like that knot 100 times more if it actually held the fly. I am also going to bet
that he practices those knots exactly <u>zero</u> times when he is not on the river. So he's spending more time digging for flies and getting frustrated than he is drowning a nymph, stripping a streamer, or getting that perfect drift for a dry fly to work. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most knots will hold the fly tippet if tied properly. Yep, you read
it here first. Someone went to all the trouble to invent the knot. People
tested that knot, talked about that knot with other people, pulled on it, tugged at it, then tested it some more. Then that knot started to make it's way out to anglers and sailors everywhere. Most
knots have stood the test of time and more importantly survived the scrutiny of anglers and sailors. This process should not be underestimated. All of these people really have too much time on their hands and generally live a boring life. Very similar to the rest of us.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If your angling buddy has a knot the he likes and that knot will tie his fly
to the tippet, he is ahead in the battle of bringing more fish to the net...while still losing flies. If he hasn’t picked a knot, again, check The Google and just
pick one. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>How to tie a knot-</b> I tell new anglers time and time again..."Decide which knot you like. Then go buy the cheapest
20 lb. test from a big box store or better yet go in the local bait shop and buy
some. While you're in the bait shop watch the crickets too, it's calming somehow, it passes the time and eventually someone will strike-up an interesting conversation about fishing. You will learn something I promise. After you get home and while you are watching TV, with your significant other, just tie knots”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b> <i>(Disclaimer: if you are watching Yellowstone put the 20lb. away and pay close
attention.) </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"That’s right get some cheap fishing line and a big hook and
practice your knots. Practice those knots until you are confident you can tie
them in the lowest of light. Then, step down several pounds in cheap fishing
line and keep practicing. Before you know it, you will be really good at
tying a fly to the tippet." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh and as far as which knot I think is the easiest and best for tying the fly to the tippet? Try an Improved Clinch or a Pitzen knot. I like them both and I can tie them in low light...cause, yes I practiced.</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But Stevie, here is a word(s) of caution. If your friend
learns to tie a knot and gets good at tying that knot, he will keep his fly in the water more. If he
puts that together with learning about presentation and proper hook sets, there
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">Just the other evening I did a presentation about winter fly fishing.
As I went through the presentation, I realized that even with the big releases
on the tailwaters, there still a
whole-lot of opportunities to go catch a trout and keep your skills sharp. You
can’t keep your skills sharp or even learn new skills without fish...right.
(That my story and I’m stickin to it)</span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Some folks let their fly rod and other fly-fishing </span><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;">accouterments</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> sit idle during the colder months. Scary I know! They wish they were fishing or
worse yet watch it on TV and sometimes even on YouTube. It’s just better to get
out on the water. See, in Tennessee, and several other southern states, there
are winter trout stocking programs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">In Tennessee, the TWRA winter stocking program stocks trout less
than 10 minutes from my house. I know, I know, there are some pretentious
“anglers” reading this and looking down their nose. I’m not talking to those
folks and in reality fly fishing next to them on a river makes me look toward TV or even YouTube to get a fishing-fix. I’m talking to anglers who want to get outside
and enjoy some fly fishing while sharpening their skills.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">If you want to get your wintertime trout fix you can “search The
Google” to find map after map and even dates when the streams will be stocked.
Stick with me for just another minute... I said it will give you the map and dates, I
didn’t say show-up and help unload the fish from the truck and into your net.
The location and date are just a starting point. You still have to catch them.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">This year I am looking at winter stocking as a way to get out on
new water and keep my euronymphing skills sharp. Yep “highsticking” is all the
rage right now and I’m getting inquiries about techniques in this style of
fishing. While I started highsticking in the Smokys 2 decades ago, I have to
admit until last year they have sat dormant. Highsticking takes a different set
of skills than my usual winter streamer trips. And don’t tell anyone but I’m
using that as a reason to keep my skills sharp. OK really, it’s just another
reason to get outside and step into a river.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">Working on your skills- When states stock trout for their winter
stocking program they will put a fair number of fish in several locations. Once
you have done your homework and you are dialed-into what they are eating, the
numbers of fish can give you just enough repetition to keep those skills sharp.
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">Want to work on a new steamer pattern, highsticking, indicator
fishing or just about anything else? Winter is a great time to try something
new. Whether you are developing new skills or keeping rust off your old
skills, the winter stocking programs around the South might be a good program
for you.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">So, instead of wishing you are fishing or worse yet watching
fishing on TV or even YouTube, layer-up, grab your fly rod and take some new
ideas, then head to the rivers and streams and work on those skills. Just watch
those speed limits heading into small towns...</span></span></span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">Elk River</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">- The Elk saved our season this year. We nymphed all season with some days of terrestrials mixed-in to stir things up a bit. The Elk has always been my home away from home and a place to go when I want to get away. It's the perfect river for a full day float too. With great places for lunch and several different water-types to really help anglers with their techniques.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">Winter on the Elk means small streamers and nymphs too. Both work well. The small streamers tossed against the many rock walls and across the gravel bars are deadly. Bigger trout come alive from places you might not think they would be sitting too. That includes the many gravel bars and shoals too. Try white and if that doesn't work try white (yes you read that correctly). Yellow is OK as well and on some days it's the ticket.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">Nymphs produce throughout the year. Wintertime nymphing can be very rewarding when others are into midges. The Elk has midges and they work, but nymphs historically have produced 3-1 over a correctly fished midge.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;"><strong>The Caney Fork</strong>- As you can see from the photo above we have already been hard at work on the Caney Fork. If you read the Winter Means Streamers article above and apply those techniques you can have some good days on this river. But, be off your game just a little and it can be a long day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">The dissolved oxygen (D.O.) levels are once again on the rise. The D.O. levels were extremely low this fall and fish were "hunkered down" (that's a technical fly fishing term) which made most everyone's results dismal. But, we are seeing a turnaround with the fish and we have high hopes with some good early results to back up that feeling. Generation is going to be key to success.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;">Personally I cannot wait for the skipjack to enter the river. These fish, also known as Tennessee Tarpon" are an absolute blast to fish for and a good way to get ready for a pass down the river in search of trophy trout. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /><br /><strong>Musky Waters</strong>- As I write this newsletter we have been on the musky waters. Since we had a such a dry fall the days and results have been limited. I do expect the musky action to pick-up as we move into the later stages of winter.<br /><br /><strong>The Obey-</strong> This river has fished well this fall. We had a couple slower days, but as the Cumberland River level fell and we caught falling water on the Obey, we had really good days. This river is all about nymphs in the fall with some midges thrown in for good measure. If the generation cooperates there will be some good floats this winter as well. The Obey is a good getaway and the fish cooperate on nymphs even under one generator. There's also a secret the Obey keeps that is worth exploring in the winter. I will save that for another day though.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><em>Early last season I invited Callahan Woodbery on the boat. Callahan is a very good photographer and I wanted some pics to use in some future work. Naturally, after a few hours, I put her in the casting brace and after showing her a few basic techniques she was soon bringing her first "trout on the fly" to the waiting net. We had a really nice float and it was just a few days later that I saw a post about that day on Callahan's Instagram account. The photos were great, which I expected, but it was her description of the day that really made me a fan. I asked Callahan to write an article about "firsts" for Southeastern Fly News and below is her work. The article hits home for me in a lot of ways and I bet for some of you it will hit home too. Thanks Callahan I appreciate you letting us publish your work.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><img data-file-id="4579789" height="230" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/43497ab954d381eea11061db2/images/b0342b49-a62d-4a68-ad23-27b82e1a001e.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: 230px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 225px;" width="225" />Christmas of 1990, when I was three years old, Santa Clause brought me a blue and white Mickey Mouse fishing pole and a pair of scissors. It was a toss-up which I was more excited about at the time. There’s a photograph of me the following spring standing on the tailgate of a black and white Chevy, wearing a hot pink t-shirt, holding up a line full of tiny shellcrackers, and beaming like I’d just won the Kentucky Derby. Just on the edge of the frame is my mama’s daddy, Paul English, with a huge grin on his usually stoic face.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">As the first grandchild, I had the unique blessing of being the first time for many things. The first time my Grandaddy Paul took me fishing was just the beginning. After that there were plenty of opportunities for fishing firsts: first time with a live cricket, first time reeling a bream all the way to the boat by myself, first time with a spinner bait, with a top water plug, first really big bass – every time I got a hook wet opened a new horizon. We would fish whenever I came to visit, which, from the ages of 2-6 was every month or so due to how close we lived to my grandparents.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">But then my family moved overseas with my father’s military career and the fishing became special in a different way. Now we got in the boat every trip home because it was important to, as Grandaddy put it, “See if I still knew how to catch a fish.” It might take me a few wild casts to get the hang of it again, but I eventually would prove that I remembered how it worked. The years went on and teenage angst set in, as it does. Nevertheless, I was still ready to hop in the truck and go see if anything would bite in the pond, or the lake, or in our super-secret fishing hole back in the woods behind a peanut field. Fishing firsts got further and further apart but no less significant for us – my first time driving the truck with the boat trailer attached, first time taking out a swallowed hook without hurting the fish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">It got more difficult, of course. College and work pushed the trips to visit and fish further and further apart, limiting them to extreme weather situations: cold and windy winter, or scorching Georgia summer. Sometimes, we just couldn’t find time in a short weekend to even make it out to the dock. There were a few stretches, I’m sad to say, where I didn’t fish for a whole year or longer. Along the way, as I was getting older, so was Grandaddy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">My mama was 25 when I was born, and Grandaddy was 50. This even spacing between us was pretty special to us. In my head, Grandaddy will always be a version of himself in his early 60s, in the prime time of our fishing together. He spent his entire adult life farming in central Georgia, growing peanuts, cotton, soy beans, and canola. And when I say “entire adult life,” I really mean it: he retired this past Christmas at the mellow age of 81. Now that he’s properly retired, he looks after his chickens, hunts whatever bird is in season, and fishes whenever he wants. He hasn’t slowed down much, and he still handles the boat and trailer all by himself. Our family comes from hearty stock, my mama keeps telling me, but I can read a calendar as well as the next person.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Now more than ever, I make it a point to go fishing whenever I’m in Georgia for more than 24 hours. Time has a funny way of slipping away from you, wriggling out of your hands like a crappie. I am acutely aware that at some point our fishing firsts are going to become lasts. For now, we are both in good health, I’m glad to say, and he still out-fishes me most of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">It’s difficult to not end this story with a reprimand to cherish every moment – it is important to wrestle with our impending inevitability and let that struggle inspire gratitude in our daily lives. But I would like to leave you with this thought: every first time you do something is also the last time it will be a first time, </span><span style="color: blue;">and the last time you do something is the first time that you’ll have that experience, too.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;">A couple weeks ago I got together with <a href="http://www.dansharley.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(5, 80, 242) !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Dan Sharley</a> to have a beer and to talk about "people of the river". We both have some interesting outdoor moments and recounted our own stories of people who manage to do a lot of things on the river. Some things are hard to believe.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;">Stories include; The Bushwacker, Gravel Bar Meemaw, Whiskey River, Over-Under 40 guy, and there are others that will amuse you while making you ponder the people, you may have seen while fly fishing your favorite waters in the Southeast and abroad.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;">So, sit down and have a beverage, mow the yard, or perhaps travel on a plane and listen while hurling through the air in a hollow metal tube. It's a good way to kill some time, heck tie some flies and enjoy the fun if that is more your style. It doesn't matter where you listen but it does matter that you do listen and enjoy your time with David and Dan. Listen <a href="http://theanglersinfluencepodcast.libsyn.com/s1-e14-people-of-the-river" target="_blank">HERE</a> or at any of the links below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We fished nymphs a lot and we caught good numbers of fish on each trip. As we floated down the river the anglers in the boat were treated to some nice fish too. </span><br style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We fished some foam along the way with nice fish coming to the top and eating just the right pattern. But that's been the exception and not the rule. The foam has produced in the right types of water. Water that is just the right depth to get just the right clarity for bugs that seemingly drop from the sky.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The podcast has been a fun way to pass the time when I am not sitting behind the oars. The folk we have interviewed always bring something that not only tells their story but also offers the listener a technique they can take to the river. You can <a href="http://theanglersinfluencepodcast.libsyn.com/guest-mark-brown-of-chota-outdoors" target="_blank">listen to the episode here</a> or anywhere you listen to podcasts. If you listen it would be great if you could give us a 5 star rating and any positive comments are always welcomed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our redfish trip to the marsh was planned in August. This trip gives the group going with us something to look forward to in December. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that was August and we are now into September. Already we've boated good numbers of fish and some quality fish as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are still fishing a little foam and results on top have been just OK. Hopper-droppers will probably move back to just nymphs under indicators as this month moves along. Anglers will be encouraged to get their nymph-drifts just right throughout the floats.</span><br style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The streamer rods will find their way back into the boat and there will be some streamers tossed as Fall kicks into full gear. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This day promised to be long, very long. It will start with trout and before the end of the day I will be geared-up and ready for some rest and then some bass! Up at 4:45 a.m. and load the boat cooler with lunch. Lunch. It’s now almost 5:00 a.m. tell me who wants to think about lunch? Grab the cup and pour the coffee. Coffee is the early morning lifeblood, the world's very first and always loyal energy drink...and a drink that requires the coffee pot to be preset the night before. Crap. Push start and go outside to hook the boat to the truck, load the rods, rain gear and other coolers. Done. Back upstairs to the office. Step over the dogs, turn on the light and grab flies from the drawer. Grab the one in the vise too. Downstairs, pour the coffee and remember the tippet. The tippet. Yep the tippet in the desk drawer. Upstairs again and turn on the light. Back to the drawer. 3x, 5x and 6x. Which did I need yesterday and did not have? Can’t remember so bringing them all. Grab the poppers too. Stop and pet the dogs for a few minutes then grab the coffee, the flies and keys. Out the door.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Weather-Guessers are talking about the 40% chance of rain and storms throughout the day. Rain gear, check. Lightening gear, hmmm. The parking lot is empty except for the me and some empty beer cans from a baot ramp parking lot party the night before. Grab the cans and put them in the trash bag, transfer everything from the truck to the boat and that’s when clients wheel into the parking lot. They have been on the F/B Southeastern Fly before and have trout on their mind. Both are good guys and I’m off, off to meet the shuttle and soon to return. The first sign of clouds shows across the horizon as we top the hill. Down the hill and onto the river bank. The guys get in the casting braces as I quiz them on the number of fish brought to hand. They are good anglers so I multiply their number by 30% and subtract. Even after the math they still had good numbers and the boat hasn't even left the ramp. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They fishing is hard in the early morning. Bringing fish to the net can be exhausting and make a guy hungry. We all need something that would go with coffee? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donuts. We have those and luckily there is a hole in the middle which makes them a bit less fattening and makes it "ok" to eat one more than you think you should. Donuts all around...donuts for anglers and the guy on the oars. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We end the day with multiple doubles, a couple of slams. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Load the boat on the trailer and stow the rods. We didn’t really need the rain gear or the lightning gear, thank the Lord. Back to the Boro and saw goodbye to the guys. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home again. P</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">et the dogs, unload trout rods and load the bass rods. It's 7:30 p.m. and I have a 2 hour drive. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put the cover on the boat for the long drive and threatening rain. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upstairs to grab more poppers that probably will not be used. Load coolers and text the guys. They need more paper towels and Pringles. Out the door and stop by the grocery for more snacks including an arm load of Pringles. The cashier gives me a look like she wants to ask about the Pringles but she doesn't and I am not offering anything but a smile. Driving to the condo it's late, past my bedtime and I am tired. It was a good day on the river but my mind is shifting to bass on the two private lakes. It's my favorite get away with my family and with friends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm on four lanes, then two lanes, then one lane and then gravel. Cicadas are singing and I can hear them over Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sing about a small town in West Tennessee and how they "try to keep the city clean". For those of you who are not fortunate enough and don't know that line, check Google and it should lead you to a great song. The live album has many other good Seger songs on it too. Anyway, the gravel leads to the gate. Punch in the code and the gate swings open. The headlamps hit two sets of bright eyes and I recognize them as deer. Soon I am pulling up to the condo. The guys are there and quickly come down. They grab the coolers and my luggage and I grab the Pringles as well as the paper towels.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are on the water the next day by 8:30 a.m. There's no need to get out too early as the bass are plentiful and willing to eat our poppers on top water. Yep, top water bass that are ready and willing to eat poppers on top water. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Casting to structure is key all weekend. We cast, let the popper sit, like a frog. See, we've watched frogs and when they decide they need to swim to the other side of the lake they jump in and make a short stroke. They stop momentarily and begin swimming to the other side. So we cast and as the fly adjusts, turns over and gets settled then we take a strip. The strip has to be just the right speed and then BAM! (insert Batman emoji for BAM!). Hopefully you've seen the Batman emoji for BAM! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spend a couple days throwing these poppers. About halfway through the first day someone notices the dragon flies are swarming. Bass are jumping to get a dragon fly and the dragon flies are active along the banks. So we row to the dragon flies and plop a big ole popper into the action. BAM! Again we found another way to catch some bass. It's the dragon fly hatch but we don't even have to match the hatch, just find it and we are getting good results. There are some bluegill that get into the action too. We take advantage of both bluegill and bass as well as the Pringles throughout the next couple days.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always it was a good getaway for all of us. The fish were friendly to our offerings and we were friendly because we turned everyone of them loose to be caught again. If you are looking for a good getaway that is relaxing and frankly a place where no one can reach you unless you want them to reach you, this is a fantastic trip. We can make a bass weekend or even a day of bass on poppers well worth your time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a relaxing drive home, but the next morning is very much the same as other mornings...up</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at 4:45 a.m. and load the boat cooler with lunch. Lunch. It’s now almost 5:00 a.m. tell me who wants to think about lunch? Grab the cup and pour the coffee. Coffee is the early morning lifeblood, the world's very first and always loyal energy drink...</span><br />
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<o:p><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had some friends who I would eat lunch once a month or so. There were plenty of places to eat from which we could choose. Generally, someone would ask the group where we should eat. The group would casually start running down the list of choices and eventually someone would get tired of listening to no one making a decision, then that someone would say those words we all really wanted to hear, “let’s go to The Hog Trough”.</span></span></o:p><br />
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Hog Trough wasn’t the real name for this fine southern dining establishment. It was
local joint named Wanda’s or Julie’s or something like that and it had a giant
buffet. We called that place The Hog Trough because everyone would move down the buffet line
with their plate and pile it high with a variety of fried chicken, mashed
potatoes, breads, greens and</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> mashed
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presentation with a good mend. Remember the perfect dead drift. The fly was floating at
a good speed and then the indicator stopped. Alex lifted the rod tip and the
fish came out of the trough right onto the flat. It was fast and the rod bent double. Alex commented on how
different this fight was from the 12” and 13” browns we were bringing to the
net most of the morning. This fish was quick but we had a good hookset with the
fly lodged in the upper lip. Alex was doing a nice job staying with the brown
as his Dad, Vince, looked on from the rear casting brace. It was a clean fight
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when it came onto the flat and made a couple passes it found a waiting net. See before it could get another head of steam for another run, Alex pulled the fish up to the top. The net was scooped and we scored a nice brown for the 20 + Club. The fight was
enjoyable but in a record time.</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> It was over before it really even started.</span></div>
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grabbed some photos for the memories and revived the fish. It didn’t take long
before the fish was kicking. The fish came out of the net and slipped under the
boat. It was completely out of sight in just a few seconds. What a fish
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out a rain under some cover. The water conditions changed late in the day
and we changed tactics as well as flies. The fishing picked up and we ended the
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Trough was worth the few minutes we spared on that Thursday. I can imagine
food <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">all lined up with Alex’s nymph floating along just waiting to be
tested. Then that brown slipping up and making the right decision to test
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tasting fried chicken, </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0in;">mashed
potatoes, breads, greens and, mashed potatoes (I know mashed potatoes was
listed twice and it was listed twice in the second paragraph too. I did that on purpose because I
really like mashed potatoes) anyway, mashed potatoes and the list of delicious
Southern cooking went on and on...</span></span></div>
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Sometimes because the fish are cooperating, sometimes because the bigger fish
are eating, and sometimes because the folks in the casting braces are old
friends who make the day enjoyable. Greg and Brooke have fished with me for
several years now and when we get together, we tend to get good results. Brooke
seems to<u> <i><a href="http://southeasternfly.blogspot.com/2018/01/brooke-and-greg-back-in-casting-braces.html" target="_blank">catch the big ones</a> </i></u>and sometimes the most. Greg, being a dad, seems to
enjoy it as much almost as much as if he had caught’em all himself. Greg is<u> <a href="http://southeasternfly.blogspot.com/2017/09/greg-makes-his-debut-in-20-club.html" target="_blank"><i>no stranger to big fish</i></a> </u>or the 20+ Club so maybe it is healthy to see your kid catch the big fish every once in a while.</span></div>
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<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">On this day we chose to leave the ramp a little early and try
to stay in front of the recreational folks. It wasn’t long before Brooke was
bringing her first fish to the net and Greg brought his first a short time
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were sticking close to structure on this day. Structure can mean rocks, pockets in the gravel on the river bottom, and of course the blowdowns.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brooke was catching most her fish close to the different structures. Greg was batting clean-up with his usual accuracy. Blowdowns and pockets along the bank were running up the numbers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Depth- We kept going after the fish, moving along with the slower currents and picking out the best places. One other thing we focused on was depth. There are blowdowns that look fishy and get the most attention from practically every angler who has a fly and some even toss their favorite lure. One thing I notice when folks are fishing these structures is a high percentage are not adjusting their depth. Most anglers leave their nymph at the same depth and pretty much fish it all day, streamer anglers don’t always let the streamer sink, with timing, or fly weight, or sinking lines. The blowdown is fished hard by angler after angler, but often the flies are not in the fish’s field of vision. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One more depth adjustment and we entered one of my favorite stretches of river. It’s heavy with structure and ledges and it’s just super-fishy. Brooke was fishing particularly well and getting real good drifts. Greg had his fly right behind Brooke’s fly. But Brooke’s fly got to the rainbow first and the fish ate. Brooke came tight with a solid hookset and the rainbow started the fight with a quick run to the bottom and into deeper water. Although Brooke had hooked and landed big fish before, this rainbow was a bit on the active side. She stayed with the fish and countered every move. The fish made a blistering run across the river and tried to get to some structure, but Brooke kept just the right amount of pressure on the fish and was able to get the head to turn back toward the boat. After a couple shorter runs the fish finally gave up. Brooke got the head of the fish up and slid the rainbow into the net. Score another one for the green boat and the happy anglers in the casting braces. We snapped some photos and made sure the fish was ready for a good release. We dipped the front of the net and rainbow slid out, then back to the depths.</span></div>
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absolutely the best days. Sometimes because the fish are cooperating, sometimes
because the bigger fish are eating, and sometimes because the folks in the casting
braces are old friends who just make the day enjoyable.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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over Christmas season last year and Matt took advantage of giving a day on the
water to Larry. Being that these two guys both fly fish it was only fitting
that when Larry decided to book his day on the water that he brings along the
guy that was thoughtful enough to give a day on the water as the gift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Matt and Larry made use of a good forecast with favorable
generation and we were floating before the recreational crowd even got out of
bed. Larry is experienced and Matt is proficient as well. Both are good casters
and both are willing listeners. We moved slowly down the river on this day,
picking apart all the likely places and pulling fish off blowdowns, mud banks
and ledges.</span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ledges: I’m a fan of the ledge. Here is the definition of a
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most times a rock wall looks pretty much the same underwater as what we see
above the water. Not exact but similar. But as a general rule of thumb if a
rock wall has ledges you can see, it probably has ledges that are below the water’s
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a current, even the slightest current flowing by a ledge there is a high
percentage chance that current is going to carry a little more oxygen and
possibly even a little food. And if that isn’t enough there’s a high percentage
chance a fish is going to be laying next the that wall, along one of those
ledges. If everything goes just right such as the correct presentation, with
the right fly drifted or stripped at just the right speed you will get a hit.
So if everything goes just right and the fish makes the right decision for us
and the wrong decision, looking at it from the fish’s point of view, a fish
will be picked-off the ledge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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good place for a fish to lay but with all the possibilities the ledges bring
it’s a good idea fish it thoroughly at different depths. Allowing a streamer to
sink for different periods of time works and, on this day, we fished the ledges
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guys were hard at work most of the day. We fished nymphs at various depths. As always,
we concentrated on the speed of the drift against the speed of the water. Larry
was dialed-in and crushing-it from the front of the boat. He is at a place in
life where he gets to fish on a regular basis and it shows from his approach,
the cast and his presentation. Larry was in the front brace and making the most
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river again. Sometimes after lunch the fishing slows but the guys kept bringing
fish to the net and the day kept going. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rainbows as the summer heat kept us hunting for shade when possible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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plenty of relaxation with good conversation. And it all started with a
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were aboard the drifter we were on the Caney Fork. We caught some nice fish
including </span><a href="http://southeasternfly.blogspot.com/2016/03/marc-lawson-fish-through-spring-break.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Marc’s really nice brown</span></a><span style="color: blue;">. </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt;">This time we shoved off and we caught up with the life changes
that happen over the course of two or three years. It didn’t take long before Lawson
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We set Lawson up for a good drift over the drop off. The color change was obvious and Lawson dropped the fly right at the leading edge (upstream) of the drop off. The fly hit the water first and was followed by the indicator. This technique sends the fly to the strike zone quickly. When Lawson’s fly began the descent it settled after the mend and we had a good drift going. The fly pattern is a good pattern but the presentation was as good as they come and the rainbow couldn’t help itself. The fish ate and Lawson set the hook.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rainbow came out of the hole and into shallow water. Rainbows are quite active fish and they fight the same way. The rainbows on this day were jumping and running each time they were hooked. Lawson was in good form and keeping the fish in front of him with the rod at a 45 degree angle. The fish didn’t come to the net without a fight but it came to the net and Lawson scored a good sized rainbow.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Lawson was again in the front brace and Marc in the back. The fishing was still good as we entered a new stretch of water. We fished a small and indiscreet pool which gave up a couple more rainbows. We moved across a small gravel bar and Lawson dropped his fly on a rock pile. The fly settled and it didn’t float long before Lawson was setting the hook. The brown trout came off the rock pile and headed toward the bank and several blowdowns. Lawson pulled on the rod and applied some side pressure. The fish came to the net a short time later. It was a healthy brown, not the biggest in he river, but the water flowing across the rock pile was giving up oxygen, food and cover and keeping the brown in good shape.</span><br />
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some of Lawson’s bragging rights. We entered a bend with lots of downed-timber
and Marc laid his fly along a parallel log. It was a lengthy drift but Marc was
able to stay with the mend and keep the presentation going. He set the hook and
a feisty rainbow came away from the log but tried its best to get back. Marc
kept the pressure on and gained line pretty quick. We didn’t let the fish pull
for long and short time later Marc had a good rainbow and took away just a little
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day with a couple fine fellows. I always enjoy their company and the
discussions we have along the way. Those discussions along with fishing the
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____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-57511600054241277762019-06-23T11:50:00.003-05:002019-06-24T19:08:16.216-05:00***New Episode*** Southeastern Fly- The Angler's Influence<span style="color: blue;">On this episode of the Southeastern Fly- The Angler's Influence we go back to the Panhandle of Florida to talk Cleve Evans who is the owner of <a href="https://www.forgottencoastonthefly.com/">Forgotten Coast on the Fly</a>. This time we talk species and locations for trout to tarpon. We talk all things fly fishing from why we practice casting to how we explore new areas to how we explore new areas and why exploration is important.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Our first stop are the mountains of North GA where Cleve learned to catch freshwater trout with his Grandmother in and around Suches GA. As Cleve grew and learned more about fishing, he picked up the fly rod and eventually went to Calloway Gardens where Kent Edmonds taught him the basics of casting and fishing on the fly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">From there Cleve joins friends and begins to explore the areas he spent in his youth. Finally, Cleve landed on Panama City Beach and began to explore the Florida Panhandle. He was bit by the saltwater bug and bought a skiff to further explore the area for redfish, jacks and tarpon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">You are invited to come along as we get to know Cleve Evans, Owner of Forgotten Coast on the Fly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-8748401588128723012019-06-17T19:44:00.000-05:002019-06-24T19:11:10.194-05:00Middle TN Fly Fishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Josh has fished from the casting braces of the Southeastern Fly on many occasions and when his text arrived with some dates, we set the trip for a couple weeks out. I had a tailwater in mind and was looking forward to floating it, only to find out a couple days in advance that the release was not great for fly fishing. We had a plan B which wasn’t a bad alternative. So, we agreed to meet and then off we went to enjoy a near perfect weather pattern and perhaps to also catch a few fish.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We pushed the drifter off the trailer on high water and soon Josh was fishing streamers, then when the water shut off, then we went to nymphs. Super-secret patterns were used and fish responded. After a few warmup rainbows and browns, we moved to the feeding lane in the middle of the river. Feeding lanes are important in this world we call trout fishing on the fly. Finding feeding lanes that carry oxygen and food are essential and if you add a little cover into the mix, well it’s almost a gimme. Almost.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Josh dropped the fly in the feeding lane and right at the edge of a pothole. That fly floated a few yards and the fish ate. It’s best if you are watching your fly or looking in the general direction and if you aren’t it helps to have someone behind the oars who is somewhat paying attention. I’ve been on both ends of watching the indicator and this time when the fish ate I just happened to be watching. First a grunt and then a quick calling of the angler’s name and Josh set the hook. It was a good fight and a clean fight and the fish put Josh’s H3 through its paces. We netted the fish and snapped a quick photo. We released the rainbow to grow and hopefully be caught again...by us. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We tried an entire stretch of the river using dries but didn’t get a look. Consistent topwater season is around the corner. Just around the corner.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were back on nymphs and Josh was fishing well. We waited for a plastic hatch to develop and pass, then we moved into some particularly fishy water. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dropping the fly in the right place at the right time to achieve just the right presentation is another critical piece to successful nymph fishing. Too early and the fish has time to inspect it from top to bottom. Too late and the fly doesn’t get in front of the fish. Dropping it at just the right time will essentially trick the fish into making the right decision. How many times has a super-long drift worked better than a somewhat shorter drift? Think about it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Anyway Josh dropped the fly in that definitive feeding lane.
The fly sank and the indicator rolled over. It floated a short distance before
the rainbow ate. When it did Josh paused and then came tight to the fish. The
rainbow jumped and made a run, then jumped several more times and made a couple
attempts to throw the fly. Josh did a nice job keeping the rainbow where it
needed to be, away from the blowdown, and then guided it toward the waiting
net. We snapped a couple photos and revived the fish. When the fish was ready
it left the comfort of the net and swam back to the blowdown from which it came.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Just like that, Josh made another appearance in the
Southeastern Fly 20+ Club. A place where he is no stranger. The rest of the day
brought us more fish. The numbers weren’t huge but in the double digits. A double-digit
day with a bit of quality thrown in wasn’t bad for Plan B.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />____________________________http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707980478677228775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306660147958649112.post-10284361469041169772019-06-03T18:39:00.001-05:002019-06-24T19:11:26.352-05:00Alex and Marshall and a Day of High Numbers<span style="color: blue;">We've been fishing together for several years. Marshall and Alex understand the program and we can get down to business pretty quick on a trip. Alex takes the front seat, me in the middle with oars and Marshall makes himself comfortable in the back of the boat. It's a good system that often yields favorable results. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Today's trip would be nymphs and terrestrials. Nymphs fished with precise casts and nice drifts would be the ask from the anglers. Also there were donuts and fish and Snickers and soft drinks as well as Kings Hawaiian for the finest of bread aficionados. But mostly it was fish. The first twenty minutes or so were slow with only a few fish coming to the net. Then we started picking up the pace and the catch-rate came with it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We discovered a pod of browns with some rainbows mixed in to keep the techniques on-point. Just before lunch the catch-rate was getting pretty crazy and there were fish coming to the net before I could get the last one unbuttoned and revived. Our system was working...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">After a stop on the gravel for a bite to eat, I think we were all eager to get the guys back into the casting braces and drown some more trained flies. It was mere minutes before the guys picked up where they left off. The flies kept working and we kept trying three of my favorite patterns. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The Drift- It doesn't always have to be perfect. There are times we can get fish on the lift but the better fish come from a dead-drift that floats seamlessly over an obstruction such as a gravel bar, a blow-down or a rock bed. The pattern doesn't matter as much as the depth and quality of the drift. The right drift at the right angle with the right depth filled the Brodin all day long...at least until Alex and Marshall's arms got a little tired. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">So far the trips this year have been fun. We've caught some nice fish and had good numbers. It seems most trips are with repeat anglers which people say is a good thing. I just feel good that we always seem to have a good times with laughs and a chance to catch up with each others life. The fishing? Yes the fishing is important too and that why we focus to make angler's day on the water the best we possibly can. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">When the shuttle was complete we started lessons with the roll cast. Ayham had been fly fishing one time prior to this trip, so we started with the basics and would work all the way to catching from there. He started out a little nervous with his cast, but he gained confidence and then came the distance cast. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">When the casts were long enough we started down the river on a swift flow. Our first choice of fly was the nymph with plenty of lead. The lead delivered the fly to the deepest depths of the river. Hunting. But the fish weren’t interested. What is normally the hot ticket turned out to be a zero on this day.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">We switched tactics. Even though this was his first time fly fishing from a drift boat and his second time fly fishing, Ayham was eager to try a different approach. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The Echo saltwwater 6 wt. rod. It’s been a long time favorite of mine. This rod is probably 10 years old. It has been used as a streamer rod all that time and has taken everything from bluegill to stripers to musky with various types of streamers. It’s a good all-around stick and as with most trips the Echo was strung with the heaviest sinking line.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">We rigged up the rod with heavy line and a short leader. Then Ayham began to fish. We stopped to swing it and that’s where the first bite came. It was a simple hit and run it but gave us hope. Not long after with another good cast, the line began to swing. The fly caught up and the current began to push the fly sideways toward the swinging line. The line twitched and the fish came tight. Score one for the good guys in the green and white boat. </span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">We fished the area thoroughly and picked up a couple more there. The rope that was attached to the anchor was pulling tight, seemingly eager to move. The rope was pulled and the anchor came off the bottom. We were on our way again. Ayham fished the streamer slowly which brought the most fish to the net. We were feeling pretty good about the day. Just before lunch we came into a part of the river that has been producing good numbers. This turn has also been producing some fat fish, mostly rainbows, throughout spring. </span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">We were on a good flow and Ayham cast into some current that was flowing over a gravel bar. This particular bar had been pushed up during the heavy rains and larger releases of the year.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The fly lazily floated across the bar in the swift water. A large butter belly rolled on the small white fly. Ayham came tight like all the other times that day. The large brown felt the prick of the hook and immediately came across the bar and then into the middle of the river. Our new angler never stood a chance. There wasn’t any time at all to get the big brown trout under control. The fish spun the drag as it headed to the middle of the river in search of deeper water and the safety of the darkness. Ayham tried to turn the fish but the damage had been done and the 12lb tippet broke.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The rod was no longer bent and the line was swaying in the breeze. A few strips on the line and it was to the boat. Upon inspection the tippet was cut clean. Yes this brown had enough years to have a full set of teeth and apparently used them to assist with its escape.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Another fly was tied on right away and we continued fishing our way downriver. We had lunch a short time later and then we visited all the likely places before the take out. We boated a good number of fish especially considering this was his first time to fish streamers with heavy sinking line. It was a good day on the river with no other boats in sight.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" />
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