Jim Ray came down to fish the South Holston River, and because they were running water in the afternoons he decided to take a afternoon float trip. So TVA was cutting the water on later in the afternoon, and we had to wait for the water to come up before we could put the boat in the water. When the water came up around 3pm we got on the water. It was alittle slow at first, but we did manage to caught a few fish on nymphs before the Sulphurs started coming off. That is when the fish started rising, and we had good fishing for the rest of the afternoon. We got into one pod of fish, and Jim really went to town on them. He caught about all of the one that rose including one really nice Brown about 16-17″. We ended the day about dark, and Jim had to get on the road. It was a great day on the  river.

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Tight Lines,

Matt Champion 

South Holston River Fly Shop