Watauga River Fishing report

Another busy week and the fishing has been great! We’ve literally fished the Watauga river from top to bottom this week. It’s fishing good wherever you go. We’re getting good numbers and quality fish. Sulphurs are hatching in the afternoon and we’re getting in some good periods of dry fly fishing. When the fish aren’t rising, nymphs are bringing a lot of fish to the net. 2019 has been outstanding so far and it just keeps getting better. Give us a call, or send us an email if you would like to get out on the water.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga river fishing report

Sulphurs are hatching daily! This has been the best dry fly fishing of the year. Sulphurs are hatching, bringing up nearly every fish in the river. Good numbers and quality fish have been coming to the net daily. Outside of the hatch, the nymph fishing has been crazy. Even if your new to fly fishing. Our guides will spend the time and teach you the skills necessary to become a proficient fly angler. Give us a call if you’re interested in getting out on the water.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River Fishing Report

It’s been a busy week on the river! I’ve been on both the South Holston and the Watauga, and both have been fishing great. We’re seeing sulphurs in the afternoons. Sizes 16 & 18. Puff daddies and sparkle duns, both have been deadly on rising fish. Nymphing has been crazy. Lots of fish coming to the net on nymph rigs. We would love to get you out on the water. Give us a call if you’d like to get in on the action. (423)202-5184

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River Fishing Report

The fly fishing here in east TN has been great. Sulphurs have started hatching on the Watauga river! We’ve had a consistent 2100 cfs flow from the TVA for the last few days. The fish and the aquatic insects have really responded well to the flows. Sulphurs are hatching on high water and there are plenty of fish looking up. There is just something about watching a brown trout rise from several feet deep to take your imitation when there are several natural insects on the water.

Give us a call if you would like to get in on the action.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River Fishing Report

With recent rains, the tva has been generating the Watauga River all week. Not to worry though, the high flows have been fishing great! We’ve been fishing the upper river nymphing and fishing dry dropper rigs. We had a huge blue winged olive hatch yesterday. Which gave us a good hour of dry fly fishing. If you would like to get in on the action, give us a call.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River Fishing Report

We’ve been enjoying warmer weather and low water. The fly fishing has been great. Mostly nymphing, but we are expecting to see caddis any day. I know with all of the emails and phone calls, that a lot of you are anxious for the caddis hatch too. It won’t be long now. Some folks say that the caddis hatch when the water temp is a constant 52 degrees, others say that it has to do with the amount of daylight hours in the day. Either way, it will happen soon. I hope everyone has got to get out and enjoy the low water. Give is a call if your interested in a guide trip. Hope to see you on the water.

Watauga River Fishing report.

The weather has finally broke and we have low water! We’ve been fishing low water for the last week and let me tell you, it’s been good! Blue Winged Olives are still hatching. We’re seeing a few early caddis, but the big black caddis hasn’t shown up yet. It looks like low water is here to stay, at least for a little while. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for a huge caddis hatch this year. April is nearly full, with a couple of spots here and there. May is shaping up to be a busy month as well. Give us a call if you like to get out on the water.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River Fishing Report.

We have been extremely busy guiding this month. The Watauga has been fishing great! We’ve been putting a lot of fish in the boat on nymphs. We have also been having a daily blue winged olive hatch that has been offering a good opportunity for dry fly fishing. As we get into spring the fishing keeps getting better. We still have a few dates available in April and some in May. Give us a call if you would like to book a trip.

Tight Lines,

Huck

Watauga River

We caught a break in the weather last week and took advantage of the warmer temperatures. Blue winged olives are hatching and bringing up hundreds of hungry trout. It is an amazing sight to see 200 yards of river boiling with rising fish. The nymph fishing has been outstanding as well. Lots of fish coming to the boat on blue wing nymphs and midges. Spring is right around the corner. The fishing will only get better from here. Give us a call if you’d like to book a guide trip. Hope to see you on the water.

Watauga fishing report February 20 2019

The Watauga river has been fishing great! Periods of blue winged olive hatches has provided dry fly fishing opportunities. Nymphing has been outstanding. Streamers have been producing as well. You can pick your poison. If you’re looking for a big fish, streamers are the way to go. If dry flies are what you’re into, the bwo hatches have been occurring daily. If you want to catch a lot of fish, nymphing is the way to go.

Looking ahead. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the caddis hatch in April. Dates are booking fast. We have a few openings left. If you want to fish in April please book soon to reserve your spot. Hope to see you on the river.

Watauga River Fishing report

We have had crazy weather this winter. It’s been raining, snowing, blistering cold, sunny and 75… You name it, we’ve had it. Floating high water has been game. It still amazes me that these fish will eat a size 20 zebra midge on a 2600cfs flow. But that’s what trout do. We have had periods of blue winged olives hatching. During these times, the dry fly fishing has been great. Streamers have also been producing well. It won’t be long until April and everyone knows what that means..Caddis!! We still have a few dates available for the caddis hatch. If you would like to book a date for the caddis hatch. I urge you to do so quickly. These dates always fill up fast. I hope to see you on the water.

April 30 2018

South Holston river April report by Watauga River Guides

The flows have been so high on the Watauga that we have spent most of the month of April fishing the South Holston river.  South Holston dam is sluicing 1,200cfs which is perfect for floating.  We have been having a good afternoon sulphur hatch that has a lot of fish rising.  Hope to see you on the water!

Fall fishing!!

The TVA is replacing the unit in South Holston Dam, as most of you know.  They have been sluicing a flow of 1080cfs on the week days, and it is awesome!  The fishing has been the best we've had in a long time.  The nymph fishing is insane!  It is some of the most fun fishing that you can have with a fly rod.  This is also great for beginners, because the fish are not nearly as spooky as they usually are.  As far as dry flies, some days are better than others, but most days we are seeing sulphur hatches and blue wings are starting to show up to.  This is the first time in my lifetime where we have had flows like this for this long period of time.  Don't miss out.  Give us a call if you would like to get in on this.

East Tennessee Fly Fishing Report by Watauga River Guides

Fall is here, but the fishing keeps heating up!  

The South Holston river has been on fire on the 1200cfs flow.  Nymph fishing in the mornings and dry flies in the afternoon.  This is some of the most "fun" fishing we've had.  Good numbers of fish coming to the boat.

The Watauga is fishing good as well.  We're mostly nymphing, throwing a few dries in areas where we have rising fish.  

The TVA has been sluicing 1200cfs Monday afternoon through Friday afternoon each week.  This "should" continue until March.  Give us a shout if you would like to get in on some of this.  We have a few dates open for October, and several openings for November.

 

Watauga River Guides Fly Fishing Report

Watauga River Fly Fishing Report

We have been busy here at WRG!  Summer is here and the fishing has been great.  We have been getting good numbers of fish.  Yesterday I had the privilege of guiding Eddie and his son Braydon.  They were in fish immediately with nymph rigs.  The action was non-stop through lunch and then BOOM!  Braydon set the hook and drag starts to scream!  After an intense fight Braydon lifts a 22" brown trout to the net.  It was an awesome experience to see such a young, dedicated fly fisherman catch such a quality fish.

Watauga River Fly Fishing Report

Watauga River Fly Fishing Report by Watauga River Guides.

We've been on the water a lot these past few days.  Good numbers of fish coming to the net.  We've had good flows for the last week and the fish are responding well.  Yesterday the majority of our fish came on dry flies (Mike's Magic Beetle).  Today almost all of them were on nymphs.  It's day to day what we are seeing.  But the bottom line is the fishing is great.  Give us a call if you would like to book a trip

Watauga River Fly Fishing Report by Watauga River Guides

June 26 2017

Fishing has been absolutely great on the Watauga river!  The flows are perfect.  We're getting a lot of fish to hand.  Mostly nymphing, but we are getting some fish up on dries.  Beetles, sulphurs, and caddis are getting taken on the surface.  Give us a call today, if you would like to book a trip.

June 17 2017

Fly Fishing Report by Watauga River Guides

The Watauga river has been fishing great!  Lots of fish coming to hand.  Most of our fishing has been nymphing.  We are seeing a few sulphurs here and there, and fish are rising to them.  No big hatches, but enough to get a few fish rising and get some dry fly fishing in.  

Watauga River Fly Fishing Report by Watauga River Guides

After over a month of high water we are finally seeing some low water flows on the Watauga river, and the fish are chewing!  We caught good numbers of fish nymphing as well as on dries today.  High water fishing has been good, but it was a welcomed change to fish low water.