Hold on to your 6wt guys and gals, the smallmouth are slammin. Their spawn is now officially over and they have put their feedbags on. The good news is that for the time being we also have water on the North Fork of the Holston River. It's a freestoner loaded with BIG smallies and it's been catch and release for 35 years. We're spending some time here successfully and will be doing so until the water falls out too low to float. The lower Holston is also fishing very well and producing some very large smallmouth.

 Additionally, the South Holston trout are starting to crank up. Early season Sulphers are popping now, particularly lower in the river and during high water. The fish are up on them in both low and high water and have been almost "stupid" about it. We even got a few to take on 5x....for those who know the S. Holston, that's not normal at all.

We've got a few open spots so give us a call to book a trip soon. June is going to be a fantastic month for fishing!

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The Watauga River is still holding very strong these days and that's where we're spending most of our time. We've got a nice light cahill hatch in the late afternoons. We're also taking some BIG browns and rainbows on streamers and they are extremely aggressive right now chasing shad. Browns in excess of 8lbs are being caught daily at this stage so we're VERY excited for ourclients to say the least.

The smallmouth fishing is right around the corner too and we're starting to book those trips now. Plan on the last week of May for that to kick off. The spawn will be over and the larger fish will return to their feeding lanes ready to eat ANYTHING that is put in front of them accurately.

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