Fishing Update

Fellow Flyfishers:

Here's a fishing report that Buck Denton of Mountain Bridge Trout Unlimited forwarded to us.

From: "Dane Law" <danelaw@southeasternanglers.com> > Date: 2007/06/25 Mon PM 02:14:59 EDT > To: "FISHING FRIENDS" <danelaw@southeasternanglers.com> > Subject: Fishing Report Update > > > THREE GOOD PICKS FOR JULY > > > Hiwassee River - TVA is running two turbines from 11:00 a.m. until at least > 7:00 p.m. every day. This is a typical summer flow and the water conditions > are great with clear flows and temps in the mid 50's. We are drift fishing > from the powerhouse to Reliance through the quality section in the gorge > daily. Fishing is better than this time last year. Dry fly action is good. > We have Isonychias, some BWO's, and a few sulfurs and caddis. Afternoons are > almost exclusively dry flies and the stair steps are fishing well. Cloudy > days are best. We have caught a few real nice browns on top lately. > > Holston River - Low lake levels provide for floatable water most everyday. > Water temps on the lower river are in the low to mid 50's and the fish are > loving it. The dry fly fishing is a little sparse. When the bugs are > happening were seeing sporadic sulfurs, black & brown caddis, and > craneflies. The fish will eat dries when the time is right, however, the > best results are coming from nymphs and light streamers. The key now is to > be versatile with your nymph rig. Keep your depth adjusted to allow your > nymphs to tick along the bottom. Catch rates, fish size and quality are very > good. > > Clinch River - TVA has settled into a summertime flow regimen that allows > float trips on the lower river. Most trips start early in the morning. The > weekends see our best flows for drift boat fishing. Water temps are cold. > Morning to midday are best fished with the usual Clinch River setups - light > tippets, yarn indicators, and small midge pupas. The afternoons are wide > open. Light midging is still productive. However, the sulfur hatch is still > going and the fish will respond to a well drifted dun for some dry fly > action. The pickier fish will move on emergers and nymphs in the surface > film. Mayfly nymphs fished deep also work well. Catch rates are good with > very healthy fish. Southeastern Anglers, 866 - 55TROUT. >

Good Fishing!

L. Ross