Wow, what a lot has happened since the last fishing report update. I had to quit guiding for the month of April as the Great Smoky Mountains...

You may have already noticed some changes around here. The first and most important is that I'm changing how this fishing report display...

There is never a dull moment when you are fishing as long as you approach each trip with a learning mindset. Some days the action is fast an...

Every angler should have a secret place. The probability that no one else fishes a particular piece of water is low, but hope springs eterna...

Sight Fishing For a Big Brown Trout on Deep Creek At the tail end of my backpacking trip to  Deep Creek, an opportunity for redemption pr...

This post could be all pictures and my point would be sufficiently made. I'm going to make a feeble effort to put some of it into words,...

This is my busy season. Days off are rare and usually intentionally scheduled. Today, for example, I ended up with a late cancelation and de...

Some fishing experiences tend to end in disappointment while others tend to end in elation. For example, there is a stream in the Smokies th...

The Bend. Bumgardner Ridge. The stuff of legend. This is remote Smoky Mountain fishing at its finest. Inaccessible water that rarely gets fi...

The original plan for this camping trip was to start on lower Deep Creek and work our way to the headwaters over the course of several days....