July 26, 2017

I got to spend the last 5 days or so with this little guy fishing the Smokies and exploring the Setzer Fish Hatchery.  We had a great time and the fishing is pretty descent right now.  Water levels seem to be maintaining a good flow rate for this time of the year and you will still see a few Yellow Sallies flying around but not the numbers that we experienced earlier.

We did well on dry flies:  Charlie Whopper, Orange Stimulator, and Yellow Stimulator did the trick for Breyden.  The hard body ant and an old family stone nymph also got some trout but we liked the top water action best

The Talking Trees Trout Derby is next weekend so if you have a young person like Breyden or know of someone the Trout Derby can be a wonderful thing for them.  Breyden has participated the last three years and he looks forward to it.  You can find information at the Cherokee Website.  The point is that we should be exposing our youth to these opportunities and the Trout Derby is a great place to start.

The weather is forecast to cool off a bit but if you get back into some canopy covered areas you will feel an immediate decline in temperatures.  We fished early and was done by one or two most times and then we hit the Eno Hammocks.

Get out and have a great time!