Quite a pair here on the South Holston River in East Tennessee. We have the cicadas like I have never HEARD before on this river. They are loud. And fish are looking for these winged critters.
Sulphurs are up down and all around so far this Spring. There was a good hatch late yesterday around middle of the river. I found them pretty high up on the river Friday afternoon. There was a very fishable hatch on high water Saturday afternoon.
Until the sulphurs showed themselves on Friday, I caught fish on a midge emerger pattern pretty darn well. Caught one very nice fish on it and several 12-14″ Browns. Then when the Sulphurs emerged and came back to the water, it was on! Both these events were happening at the same time. The size of the Sulphurs for me that afternoon were size 18′s.
Here are Matthew Guinns words after he took his new Echo Edge Striper fishing yesterday. “You know when I thought about geting a 10wt, I was worried that my taste for slower action rods would make problems for me being able to cast that much stick. I was completely wrong. The Echo Edge 9ft 10wt is fantastic. It loads very well in your back cast and makes throwing big flys long distances  effortless. The best way for me to describe the action is medium fast with a heavy butt section and a medium slow tip. Cosmetically they are very sexy with a deep blue gloss blank, premium grade cork grip, alignment dots for easy assembly, heavy duty chrome snake guides, and Tich stripper guides with gloss blue inserts. Not only do Echo Edge rods fish like a 700$ rod but they look like one. But only cost $249 with a Lifetime Warranty.”
You can see this 10 wt. at the South Holston River Fly Shop. And you can look it up at www.echoflyfishing.com The rod is the Echo Edge 9′ 10 wt.- 4 pc.
Take Care all.
Rod Champion
south Holston River Fly Shop
423-878-2822

You can see these boots at www.chotaoutdoorgear.com
Sale on Chota STL Felt Boots: Very sturdy, durable boots.
Sizes 10-11-12.. regular $124.95 – SALE- $90

Also Chota Citigo Creek Boots. These are boots with felt and Cleats in them. Sizes 9-10-11-12-13
regular $89 SALE- $60

Please call the shop or email us on these.
Thanks,
Rod
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Rod Champion
www.southholstonriverflyshop.com
423-878-2822

икона за подаръкThis past Friday, Sulphurs were not as strong as on Saturday and Sunday. Puff Daddy’s and Cripples seem to be the Fly Of Choice this past weekend on the South Holston River. At least that is what fisherman came back to get seconds and thirds on.

TVA should give a good wading schedule this weekend. That is what they are projecting anyway.
Tight Lines,
Rod

икона за подаръкThe Echo Edge rod is so good, I want to share it with the world.
We here at the South Holston River are offering an Echo ION Reel with the purchase of an Echo Edge rod. These rods are the Best $229 rod on the planet. The ION reel is a smooth machined Disc drag reel that retails for $80.
Here is Echo’s web page for you to check out all the details: www.rajeffsports.com
Give us a buzz at 423-878-2822 or email us at foreverflyfishing@yahoo.com to take advantage of this great offer.
Thank you,
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all last week on the South Holston River. Someday hatches were big and some days they were smaller.
I fished Thursday afternoon and was in a fairly good Sulphur hatch. 100 yards upstream from me, Sulphurs came off heavy. Most all I talked with said they had 2 hours of sulphur hatches. Most caught all the fish they wanted and some did not.
On Saturday , Matt’s trip was good for Sulphurs . And on Sunday , it was very good. Dry and dropper fishing was the ticket for numbers.
On Saturday from noon til 6:00 , Josh McFadden caught 70 fish. Dry and dropper fishing was the ticket with him also.
Grayson and his friend[ I am terrible with names] said they were in Sulphurs all day long. Grayson said it was the best fishing on the South Holston, he had ever had. He and his left handed buddy could fish. All leftys can cast.
Looks like it will all continue this week about the same.
come see us.
Rod Champion
South Holston Fly Shop

The Sulphurs were not everywhere on the South Holston River this past weekend. But where they were, they were!
Ned Jones and his buddy had pictures of a 20″ and 21″ Rainbow trout caught and released. They absolutely love this Sulphur game here. Congratulations Ned.
Matthew Guinn and his daddy, Wes, hammered fish Saturday afternoon. I think things got down right wild that afternoon.
Sunday was a different story. Cold moved in and fish reacted that way.
TVA is still running that great wading schedule.
You ought to be here.
Rod Champion

This is a report on the South Holston River here in east Tennessee for this past weekend. On Friday there were good Sulphur hatches in many places on the river. I rode all up and down the river looking. There were bent rods everywhere. Lot of bugs on the water and fish rising to them.
Saturday was different. The Sulphurs did not come much. I got to fish Saturday and Sunday. Deep nymph fishing was the key that day. Sometimes you have to make a nymph come alive. That was the key.  If you did, you hammered fish. If you did not, you only caught some fish.
Sunday was the same way, but late things came alive.
I spent 2 days fishing the ECHO EDGE rod. It was a 9′ 5 wt.. with a SA Shark Skin 5 wt. line. I am very picky about Fly rods.  If I don’t like them after a couple of days, I will get rid of them. This Edge rod is a keeper. It honestly cast as smooth as my Winston rod. I do a lot of Backhanded casting. A great cast for curves from right to left. The edge rod handled it with ease. Of course, forehanded was no problem. I fished Double tungston nymph rigs for hours on Saturday. The Edge handled them with ease. Distance casting with the double rig was no problem. It handled the distance with the double beads as well as my Winston[ and that is saying a lot]. Then I turned around and dry fly fished it for 1 1/2 hours both days. The Edge is a tremendous dry fly rod. It is smooth as glass. And handles all the different cast as well as any rod I have fished[ and that is a bunch]
Here is one area it had the Winston beat hands down: fish feel so much better on the Edge than the Winston. You actually get to feel the fish do all the things he does. That is an area where fly rods are short on; how the fish feels on it. And that is important. The Edge Echo has got it covered in that area.
Both the Echo Edge and the Winston BllX or Bllt have LIFETIME Warranties. Both come in a hard rod tube. The Winston cost $50 to fix if you break it . The Edge cost $25 to fix.
The cost of the Echo EDGE is $229 … the cost of the Winston Bllx or t is $795.  That is a major difference!
Money back guaranteed by me. It is that good of a rod.
Come give it a try. Take it fishing for a couple of hours. See if  agree with me.

TVA is giving all day wading schedules it looks like this week. Bugs ought to get moving agian.
Tight Lines Jim Mcdowell,
Rod

Kevin Lowe guided Saturday. There was a mudline . Sulphurs came off in that mudline and Kevin said his guys caught about 40 fish. Said the dry fly fishing was fantastic.
So, it is on.
Rod

This is a good time to float the Watuaga River 30 minutes form the shop. This caddis’ event is like a Blue Blitz. It is a once a year phenomenon.
If you want to float the river… give us a call.
Thanks,
Rod

If you like Nymph Fishing, this is YOUR Time to be on the South Holston River. People are catching Big Fish.
We have all the Flies you will need to fish Now.
And please remember we have a FULL line of SIMMS Waders and wading boots. Including the NEW Simms FELT BOOTS.
Tight Lines,
Rod Champion