Mark Kalish caught this nice brown trout on the Watauga River, May 19, 2011 (click image for full-size)

You can't always get what you want, from the TVA, but sometimes you get what you need...

Mark Kalish booked a float trip for some Watauga River fly fishing with Altamont Anglers back on May 19, and no sooner had his guide, Teo Whitlock, put the boat in the water than the un-scheduled TVA generation arrived in full flow. And when that happens, you just go with the flow...

But to their surprise and delight, the sulphur hatch was abundant enough to have the trout looking up, even in the heavy current--something a little unusual for the Watauga River. The result was a great day catching lots of trout on both dries and nymphs.

Mark was so impressed by his first visit to the Watuaga River that he emailed, in part, "...We had a great time and I will not be returning to Montana or Wyoming again. "

Click the the thumbnail images that follow for a slide show of the Mark Kalish fly fishing the Watauga River:

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