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Fly fishing the South Holston River
Clay Gibson with more reasons for Winter fishing (click to visit)

fly fishing the South Holston River
Joe Gibson finds a hog on the South Holston River (click to visit)

Fly fishing the South Holston River
Gordon Kay on the South Holston in December (click to visit)

South Holston River fly fishing
Jason Jones brings us a Winter's Tale (click to visit)

Fly fishing the South Holston River
A tale of Brians on the Davidson River (click to visit)

fly fishing the South Holston River
Blake Puryear hits the South Holston River (click to visit)

Fy fishing the South Holston River
The Goering group hits the tailwaters (click to visit)

Fly fishing the South Holston River
Betsy Dawson learns the South Holston (click for more)

Altamont Anglers fly fishing for smallmouth bass
Vee sends an update from Ontario (click for more)

South Holston River fly fishing
A South Holston River report from Bill Matyi (click for more)

North Carolina smallmouth bass fishing
Benny Pearson's smallmouth report (click for more)

Watauga River fly fishing
Madison's Watauga River report (click for more)

North Carolina smalllmouth bass
Ken & Tom conquer the bass (click for more)

Watauga River fly fishing
Jeremiah on the Watauga River (click for more)

Smallmouth bass fishing in North Carolina
Largemouth bass in our mountains? click for more...

Watauga River fly fishing
Doubled-up on the Watauga River (click to visit)

smallmouth bass fishing north carolina
Smallmouth on flies (click to visit)

smallmouth bass fishing with Altamont Anglers
Charlie Helm master's the bass (click to visit)

Davidson River fly fishing
Brian Dunlap hits the Davidson River (click to visit)

Watauga River Fly Fishing
Mark's Watauga River report (click to visit)

Watauga River fly fishing
Garrett Blodgett hits the Watauga (click to visit)

fly fishing the Watauga River
Watauga River stripers! (click to visit)

Davidson River rainbow trout
Scott Luttrell returns to the Davidson River (click to visit)

Watauga River fly fishing
Team Zalesky on the Watauga River (click to visit)

A Watauga River brown trout
Watauga River Stream Report (click to visit)

A Davidson River rainbow trout
Jocelyn learns on the Davidson River (click to visit)

A Pigeon River rainbow trout
Dylan hits the Pigeon River (click to visit)

A South Holston River brown trout
Bill Matyi can't quit the South Holston River (click to visit)

A North Carolina smallmouth bass
French Broad Muskie on the fly! (click to visit)

a North Carolina smallmouth bass
Tom Taylor finds some Smallmouth (click to visit)

A Davidson River rainbow trout
Aidan Gomez with a Davidson River Report (click to visit)

South Holston River stream report
Paul Tootleman returns to the South Holston (click to visit)

Pigeon River smallmouth bass
Jay & Teo with a smallmouth bass report (click to visit)

South Holston River brown trout
South Holston Stream report (click to visit)

Fly fishing the South Holston River
Bill Matyi returns to the South Holston River (click to visit)

Watauga River brown trout
Winter Fly Fishing: Why Bother? (click to find out)

A Laurel River trout
Todd Koenig delays the harvest on the Laurel River (click to visit)

A Laurel River trout
Hap Clayton's Delayed Harvest report (click to visit)

South Holston River brown trout
Debbie Griffith on the South Holston River (click to visit)

A South Hoston River brown trout
South Holston stream report (click to visit)

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Ryan Caffrey with a big New River smallmouth bass
Ryan Caffrey holds a big New River smallmouth bass (click to enlarge)

Altamont Anglers guides love exploring new waters, and our recent explorations of Virginia's New River have opened up a whole new world of smallmouth bass fishing.

Ryan Caffrey has an incentive for exploring new waters, also: he's just bought a new boat and wants to find suitable beats for future drifting, so he booked a couple of days (punctuated by an overnight camp-out on the banks of the New) of guided fishing offered by AA guide Teo Whitlock. They hit the New on May 25 and 26, 2008.

The purpose of this type of recon mission is to learn the put-ins, take-outs, river hazards and drift-lines to take, so the fishing is kind of secondary. Until you start fishing, that is, and then everthing else becomes secondary.

Th smallie Ryan's holding on the left is the reason all else becomes secondary when there's fishing to be done...

Jeff Payne with a big Davidson River rainbow
Teo Whitlock holds a hefty smallmouth bass caught on Virginia's New River, May 26, 2008 (click to enlarge)

That fat bronze-back on the right represents a lucky moment in the life of a fishing guide: that moment when he gets to put down the oars and pick up a rod!

These New River smallmouth may have small mouths, but they seem to develop large bellies...


Mike Zibroski holds another nice New River smallmouth bass (click to enlarge)

The setting sun backlights Mike and a nice New River Smallie as the intrepid explorers near their chosen camp site. A hard day's fishing on brand-new water, a hammock by a campfire and dreams of the next day's float: Not a bad way to explore the New River.

Click the thumbnails below for larger views of more of Ryan, Mike and Teo's exploration of the New River:
another nice Davidson River trout another nice Davidson River trout

(Altamont Anglers operates on Pisgah National Forest Rivers under USDA Forest Service Permit #PIS6560)

 

They Coulda Been Contenders!
Or wall-hangers--but we released them all!!


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