There were Sulphurs some days on high water, and some days not, here on the South Holston River.
When they came off and fish rose, if you covered them, they ate your dry.
The nymph bite was fairly good. There were some good fish caught on guided trips this week. A 23″ Brown and a 20″ rainbow were caught one afternoon on nymphs.
The Sulphur Hatch will do nothing but get stronger and stronger.
Wade fishing was good some days and not so good some days. When TVA gave enough time for sulphurs to hatch, people hammered fish. Friday seemed to be mighty good day.  Saturday , not as good. But good enough. One gentleman came in the shop late and said he hammered fish on a sulphur emerger. he showed me his emerger he ties. It was a dandy.
Matt guided on the Watuaga on high water yesterday. Fish ate very well. Had some Sulphurs also.
Come see us.
Rod Champion
South Holston River Fly Shop
423-878-2822

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

It is on , nymph fishing wise. Matt said yesterday, that on his guide trip, they hammered fish. He said his guys caught 40 fish in the morning and hammered them in the afternoon. The bigger fish came in the afternoon. One 20″ Brown was landed. But Matt said a True Monster took them on a ride. There is NO exageration in Matt. He said he spotted a 8-10 lb. Brown. His client fished for it and got it to eat. The fish took them on a Sunday Ride for a while. Then it got serious and the 6X tippet could not stand such a fish.
An old nymph of mine was all Matt’s client’s fished.
Rod

Nymph fishing has been real good on the South Holston River in east Tennessee. Matt took Steve Sharp and his son on a wade trip yesterday. They caught a lot of fish. The morning was pretty slow for them.. a dozen or so fish landed. But the afternoon was hot. Matt said they easily caught 40+ fish in the afternoon. The ticket for Matt yesterday was an old nymph of mine- Copperhead and a small BWO nymph.
The river is getting ready to bust wide open. Probably would be a good idea to get there.
Happy Trails- Carol,
Rod

I fished Saturday afternoon. The nymph fishing was very good on the South Holston River. Very few bugs so went deep for fish. There were plenty of fish. Caught a lot between 10″-14″s. All were wild brown trout. Of course, anything Brown in this river is native born.
TVA is only running a generator for 30 minutes twice a day. It makes for all day wading. The water is fairly low, but has a good run to it.
Caught fish on both #16 and #18 nymphs. In the quieter, slower runs, the fish wanted a # 20 BWO nymph. Sometimes a twitch would do it.
It looks like TVA will be giving the same schedule ALL week.
Tight Lines,
Rod Champion
South Holston River Fly Shop

TVA is now filling the lake back up. That means All day wade fishing here on the South Holston River.
BWO’s should be good into April, now. And of course , Blackflies and midges. Sulphurs are not too far behind.
Matthew Guinn caught this Brown Trout Sunday afternoon on a Scooter Midge.
We have the Simms Headwater Wading Pants on SALE right now.
MSRP $250 – SALE $149.95. This is the way to stay Cool this summer. We have them in ALL sizes.

Tight Lines,

Rod Champion

Matthew Guinn is giving Free Fly Tying Lessions at the shop beginning March 22. This free class will last 6 weeks. It will begin at 7:00.
Matthew has done classes now for 3 years here at the shop. He not only is an excellent fly tyer,  Matthew enjoys teaching others his trade. And it is a trade with him. He ties full time at the South Holston River Fly Shop.
Matthew ties some of the best looking and fish catching articulated streamers there is.
For Class members, the shop will be offering 10% discount on all materials.
Give us a call so will have some idea the number of participants.
Thank you,
Rod Champion
423-878-2822
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the adden fished some yesterday. The water was cut off at 10:00pm. Josh said the BWos were on the water. He caught 19 on a BWO dry. Then sulphurs began to come off. He proceeded to catch 12 more on a sulphur dry.
Pretty good stuff for mid February.
Tight Lines,
Rod

Bugs big time yesterday as the water was dropping, here on the South Holston River in East Tn.
Some said they were easy pickings on Sulphur and BWO dries.
Small nymph droppers were deadly.
TVA cut the wheels off at 10:00 am today. So it looks like the rest of the week should be good wading schedules.
Time to hit the river.
Tight lines,
Rod Champion

Float Trips are still producing fish pretty darn well. Kevin Lowe did a Float trip on Saturday. It was cold, cold. The good news is there was a good BWO hatch on high water. And the fish were rising to the olives.
Last week , Matt said as the water was falling on a float trip, there was an excellent BWO hatch.
So it is still a good time for a drift boat trip here on the South Holston River.
We are having a 20% SALE on ALL Winter Items. They must go! … cause Spring is right around the corner. But I bet you we are going to have some more cold weather.

And we still have 7  SIMMS FREESTONE JACKETS in YOUR size on tremendous SALE

These are like the Simms Guide jackets, except instead of being Gortex, they are Simms version of Gortex.  These are Waterproof and Breatable Fly Fishing Jackets. Backed by Simms Quality and Warranty. MSRP- $199- SALE $125.

Now we are talking about wading Schedules. This is Wednesday. Projecting same amount of water for Thursday and friday.

Give us a buzz at 423-878-2822
Thank you,
Rod Champion

We have 4 pairs of these: 1 Large+ 1 XL and 2 XXL.
Regular $249- SALE $199.
New In Box.
Stay cool this summer.

Please call us on these.
Thanks,
Rod Champion
423-878-2822

I talked to TVA yesterday. This is what they said.

They are running water to keep the lake levels down where they need to be this time of year. TVA has  gotten the lake  level to where they can start cutting back some.February 15 is the start of that. The reason way they are running during the day time is that is the time peroid they need the power. They dont have the power demand during the night so that is why it is cut off during the night.

They will start letting the lake fill back up starting the Middle of this month so they should start giving us more time to wade fish. As long as we dont get any big rains that makes the lake rise to much. So we should be getting more time with out them running starting the middle of the month.

Just wanted to let everyone know what TVA had told me.

The High water fishing has been pretty good. We are having BWO hatch and fish rising to them.

Thanks,
Matt Champion
South Holston Fly Shop

Right now it looks like TVA is going to let us wade this weekend. They are predicting only 600 CFS for Saturday which means there should be lots of time for wade fishing.

Stop by the shop on the way to the river to see what has been going on or just to say hi.

See you on the water.
Matt

The two sections that have been closed for 3 Months are opened up this Wednesday on the South Holston River.
Tva seems to be giving some wading time this week. It looks like they are getting close to the lake level they want it to be
We have a few openings for wade and floating that day . If you want a guide trip on those virgin fish, give us a call. 423-878-2822
Thank you,
Rod Champion

TVA has run a good bit of water this week on the South Holston River. So it has been drfit boat floating all week. Not many bugs on high water. So it has been nymph fishing. Matt said this week that his clients have averaged 25- 30 fish landed.
You want a good 2 weight rod? Here is a deal for you. Echo has a 7’3″-2 wt.- 4 pc. rod. . It is a dandy. We have sold several of these and people love them. They are a medium fast rod. perfect for packing in.. Cost is $169
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Call us on this sweet thing.
Looks like TVA is going to back dwon some of their generating this weekend.
Tight Lines,
Rod Champion

Sulphurs have been hatching pretty well here on the South Holston River. As the water is dropping the bigger variety of Sulphurs have been coming off. They did every day last week. Then on other parts of the river, BWO’s have come off pretty well also on the falling water. As the water flattens out , it then becomes midge time.
Float trip fishing has been pretty good as well. Matt says his guys are .
averaging 30-40 fish a day on high water. That is pretty good winter fishing.
The nymph bite has been the ticket.. with streamers thrown in too boot. I have seen pictures and heard of guys doing well on big streamers.
Come see us.
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