Fishing Reports and the occasional rant..... http://www.tightlinesflyfish.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:46:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.tightlinesflyfish.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=SMALLMOUTH-HEAVEN-S.-HOLSTON-SULPHERS-TOO!.html&Itemid=27 <p>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&#39;s a freestoner loaded with BIG smallies and it&#39;s been catch and release for 35 years. We&#39;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 produ [...] gloomis1297 http://www.tightlinesflyfish.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=WATAUGA-STILL-HOLDING-STRONG.html&Itemid=27 <p>The Watauga River is still holding very strong these days and that&#39;s where we&#39;re spending most of our time. We&#39;ve got a nice light cahill hatch in the late afternoons. We&#39;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&#39;re VERY excited for ourclients to say the least.</p><p>The smallmouth fishing is right around the corner too and we&#39;re [...] gloomis1297