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Contents Great Smoky Mountains National Park-Top Two Streams You are probably wondering why we choose to list the top two streams instead of the top stream. That’s because about half of the park is in the state of North Carolina and half in the state of Tennessee. https://www.flyfishingsmokymountains.com/ Angie Marsh fishing Little River which is on the Tennessee Side of the park. The Tennessee side… Read More »Perfect Fly – February, 2023 Fly Fishing Journal

A fishing report I received from Derek Porter: We just got back from 4 days in the smokies backcountry.  As you know, the water is the lowest it’s been since 2016. Obviously had to use great caution approaching the creek and casting, moving around etc.  We saw tons of Great Autumn Brown Sedge in the air – laying eggs all day long (usually you think… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trout In Low Water Conditions

Introduction The Word Hatch      The is the first article of a new series of posts on “matching the hatch”. The phrase “matching the hatch” is often used by fly anglers fishing for trout and sometimes for other species such as bass, pike, etc. During the last several years the phrase has even been used by anglers using conventional tackle fishing for many different species… Read More »Matching the Hatch

     During the spring months, trout will usually respond on the surface very well when thewater reaches 50 degrees F. for a day or two. Dry fly fishing can even be excellent at this temperature provided hatches are occurring. Angie and I generally would start out fishing a nymph if the water temperature was below 50 degrees and not expected to rise to that temperature.… Read More »Fly Fishing Cold Water for Trout

by James Marsh 09/26/22Someone sent us an email asking which method of fishing catches the most trout – dry fly fishing on the surface or fishing flies below the surface of the water. The subject of email was fishing dry flies versus fishing flies below the surface. I first thought of responding by writing that it greatly depends on the percentage of anglers fishing dry… Read More »Where do trout eat – on the surface of the water or below it?

by James Marsh In the northern parts of the U.S., brown trout will soon be starting their annual spawning activity. Of course, this is due to the cooler climate which results in water temperatures that are much lower at this time of year than those in the middle and southern parts of the nation. Yes, it is still early for the great majority of spawning… Read More »Spawning Brown Trout

A family fly fishing trip to the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains Several years ago I had a call from a North Carolina man named Jerry Maslar who said he wanted to know if Angie and I would sell Perfect Fly Company. The answer was no, but after meeting him in person, I encouraged him to form his own fly fishing company. After a brief time… Read More »Drew Maslar, like Father and Grandfather

If you plan on fly fishing for trout, you better get used to the term “(the name of the stream) flies”. For example, Madison River trout flies. Although the name infers there’s something unique about the flies you need to fish that stream, there isn’t. The purpose of the fly is to fool the trout into taking it for one of the insects or other… Read More »Choosing the Right Fly

During the late Summer and early Fall, many trout streams become very low due to the lack of rainfall. In these cases, if the air temperatures become very hot, trout streams can get low of oxygen in bad condition and fishing can become very tough and stressful on the trout when you are successful in hooking one. If the water temperature is not too warm… Read More »Fishing for Trout during the Summer in Low Clear Water

Some anglers tend to want to avoid fishing during the so called “dog days” of summer. Dog Days are usually considered to be the hottest days of the year ranging from about the second week of July to the middle of August. In ancient times, people associated the heat during this period with the concurrent rising of Sirius, nicknamed “the dog star. When it comes… Read More »Catching Trout During The Dog Days Of Summer