Elizabethton, TN trout fishing Report October 25, 2004

Fall is here in the Mountains of East Tennessee. The leaves are changing fast and we have had our first frost, here in Elizabethton. The TVA has started the draw down of the local lakes, and with the rain we have had this summer the generators have been running a lot. The South Holston fishing has been fair floating on high water. Fly fishing has been great wading when the generators are off. There are blue winged olives, midges, caddis, and still a few sulfurs hatching on the South Holston River.

When the Watauga is not generating the float trip is the way to go. It has been good with hatches of blue winged olives, crane flies midges, and caddis. On the days the water is running we have been fly fishing the small streams in both Tennessee and North Carolina. We have even been fly fishing some of the delayed harvest streams in NC.

The lakes will be at there winter levels soon and the generators will be off more often. The trophy sized brown trout will be moving up the rivers in the next few weeks and getting ready to spawn. The chance to catch a big TN trout on the fly will be good from now into the winter.

Fall is my favorite time of year to be on the rivers, and the trout fishing should only get better in the next few weeks. Give us a call and book a trout fishing trip that is second to none.

Also, remember that East Tennessee Fly Fishing is offering Watauga river and South Holston shuttle services for those who wish to try TN trout fishing on their own. So, if you are planning on floating one of these rivers yourself, East tennessee Fly Fishing can move your truck and trailer to the take-out.

East Tennessee Fly Fishing
111 Infinity Drive
Elizabethton, TN 37643
email: jreep@pages.preferred.com
1-423-474-4388