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smallmouth bass fishing guides
Sauger Sighting, April 20, 2012 (click to visit)

South Holston River fly fishing
South Holston River, April 15 report (click to visit)

South Holston River fly fishing
South Holston Stripers on the fly (click to visit)

Watauga River fly fishing
April 2 on the Watauga River (click to visit)

South Holston River fly fishing guides
South Holston River gets weird (click to visit)

Asheville Fly Fishing Guides
Patrick Roberts' Delayed Harvest report (click to visit)

Watauga River fly fishing
Watauga River report from Pete Post (click to visit)

smallmouth bass fishing in Tennessee
Blind squirrel finds acorn (click to visit)

Watauga River fly fishing
Tom Taylor, March 27, 2012 (click to visit)

Tennessee Smallmouth bass fishing
Tom Taylor March 26, 2012 (click to visit)

Smallmouth bass fishing guides
March Madness for Smallmouth Bass (click to visit)

South Holston River fly fishing guides
South Holston River, Feb. 9, 2012 (click to visit)

smallmouth bass fishing guides, Asheville, NC
February smallmouth fishing (click to visit)

Asheville, NC fly fishing guides
Jocelyn & the February bass (click to visit)

Fly fishing for striped bass
February stripers on the fly (click to visit)

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)

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)

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

fly fishing the Watauga River
Watauga River stripers! (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)

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)

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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One thing we like here at Altamont Anglers is happy customers, especially customers who are happy enough after fishing with us that they come back for more! That's exactly what Eric Forehand did: after first fishing with us back in October of 2006, he gave us a call just after the New Year wondering if we might have any openings for the first Weekend in January to take him and his wife, Lisa, for some winter fly fishing. We did, they came, we all fished. The pictures of Eric and Lisa's respective catches seem to bear out a trend we've noticed, of wives outfishing their spouses: we're not sure if they're better anglers, or maybe just get more attention from the guides. Whatever, the pictures below indicate that a mid-January excursion to a trout stream can be a rewarding experience.

Here's Lisa Forehand on the Davidson River on January 7, 2007 holding a huge brown trout just netted by her guide, Teo Whitlock (click the image for a larger view)...
Lisa Forehand holds a big brown trout caught on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC

Here's an interesting underwater shot of that brown trout swimming off after the release (click to enlarge)...
A large brown trout swims away after being released back into the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC

Here's Eric with a nice Davidson River brownie (click to enlarge--the picture, not the trout!)...
Eric Forehand holds a nice brown trout caught on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC

Click the thumbs below for larger views of more of Eric and Lisa Forehand's day of fishing, January 7, 2007:
Teo Whitlock hold the huge brown trout just caught by Lisa Forehand on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC Lisa Forehand holds a rainbow trout caught on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC Eric Forehand holds a brown trout caught on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC Lisa Forehand holds a rainbow trout caught on the Davidson River, near Asheville, NC

Below are our notes from Eric's earlier trip, in October, 2006:

Eric Forehand booked a half-day of guided fly fishing with Altamont Anglers for October 11, 2006 which is a great time of the year to take advantage of the newly re-stocked Delayed Harvest streams. AA guide Teo Whitlock took Eric over to the North Mills River, near Asheville, NC, and Eric had this to say about the trip: "... I wanted to tell you how great a time I had fishing with Teo last week. He definitely knew his stuff and was a very patient teacher. I never expected to catch as many and as big a fish as I did with his help."

Here's proof of Eric's comments in the form of a chunky rainbow from the North Mills River, 10/11/2006 (click the image to enlarge it)...
Eric Forehand holds a big rainbow trout caught on the North Mills River

Click the thumbs below for further proof of Eric's comments on the fishing on the North Mills River...
Eric Forehand holds a big rainbow trout caught on the North Mills River Eric Forehand holds a big rainbow trout caught on the North Mills River Eric Forehand holds a big rainbow trout caught on the North Mills River

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

 

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