"It's all good".
Our southern Appalachian streams and tailwaters are happening now.
The bugs are on and the trout are rising.

• · Hiwassee River - Drift the lower or wade the upper. It doesn't matter, fish are everywhere. Hendricksons, Blue Wings, Caddis and more.
• · Toccoa River – good flows came a little late this year, but we can drift it all now. Good hatches. Big nymphs for bigger fish.
• · Tellico River – Perfect levels for wading. Bows, Browns and Brookies. Quills, Little stoneflies, Caddis and it is time for Drakes.
• · Clinch River – Good flows have come early. Daily drift trips. Quality fish on small flies. Streamer action on the pulse. It is time for the sulfurs.
• · Holston River – Good consistent flows for all drift stretches. Loaded with fish. We are on the verge of caddis explosion, it should be a sonic boom. With lots of Caddis, the risers could be picky. Use our patterns.
• · South Holston – TVA is still sluicing 900 cfs around the clock. It won't last much longer. Amazing black fly hatches, fish on dries. Blue wings with some clouds. Sulfurs soon. This is just a glimpse, come and be a part of it with us.

Doing things the way they should be done.

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August 26, 2009

After eight months of mostly high and nonfishable water, we are now seeing some good flow rates on the Cumberland river. USACE has been keeping the level of Lake Cumberland constant for the dam repair work that is going on. So when we get a year like this where there is abundant rain, they will be releasing much more water and we will see more high flows in the tailwater. Now that we are entering Fall, we are seeing much better low flows. Fall is typically our dry season here so we expect mostly low water for the next few months.

Anytime you reduce lake levels and then generate at high levels, you have to be concerned about tailwater temperatures in our southeastern rivers. USACE operates real time temperature monitoring stations just below the dam and at Burkesville, KY which is about 30 miles below the dam. The temperature at the dam is currently 59°F and it is 62°F at Burkesville. These are actually better temperatures than we have seen in Burkesville since the cicada spectacle early in 2008.

Rocky had an opportunity to get on the river last week with a few adventurous clients. Photos included here are from those trips. Eric's big brown is 21.5", Glen's brown is 19", and Jim's rainbow is 18". I might add that some guides may have tried to stretch the fish in their high teens to 20 inchers, but not Rocky. The preferred rig was a hopper/dropper which has worked well for us the last few late summer/early fall seasons.

I am delighted to be able to put out a good fishing report from the Cumberland River. We especially love Fall here, and it looks like 2009 is going to be another good one. We are currently booking dates for September through December on the Cumberland River in south central Kentucky.

Dane Law
770-655-9210

Dane Law - Southeastern Anglers
423-338-7368 / 770-655-9219 (cell)
www.southeasternanglers.com

FISHING TRIP WITH JACK DANIELS

I finally got around to going fishing this morning but after a while I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth, and frogs are good bass bait. Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth, I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog and put it in my bait bucket. Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bitten. I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey In its mouth. His eyes rolled back, he went limp,
I released him into the lake without incident, and carried on my fishing with the frog. A little later I felt a nudge on my foot.
There was that same snake with two frogs in his mouth..