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Altamont Anglers In The Press

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Clay Gibson with more reasons for Winter fishing (click to visit)

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

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

Jason Jones brings us a Winter's Tale (click to visit)

A tale of Brians on the Davidson River (click to visit)

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

The Goering group hits the tailwaters (click to visit)

Betsy Dawson learns the South Holston (click for more)

Vee sends an update from Ontario (click for more)

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

Benny Pearson's smallmouth report (click for more)

Madison's Watauga River report (click for more)

Ken & Tom conquer the bass (click for more)

Jeremiah on the Watauga River (click for more)

Largemouth bass in our mountains? click for more...

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

Smallmouth on flies (click to visit)

Charlie Helm master's the bass (click to visit)

Brian Dunlap hits the Davidson River (click to visit)

Mark's Watauga River report (click to visit)

Garrett Blodgett hits the Watauga (click to visit)

Watauga River stripers! (click to visit)

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

Team Zalesky on the Watauga River (click to visit)

Watauga River Stream Report (click to visit)

Jocelyn learns on the Davidson River (click to visit)

Dylan hits the Pigeon River (click to visit)

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

French Broad Muskie on the fly! (click to visit)

Tom Taylor finds some Smallmouth (click to visit)

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

Paul Tootleman returns to the South Holston (click to visit)

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

South Holston Stream report (click to visit)

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

Winter Fly Fishing: Why Bother? (click to find out)

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

Hap Clayton's Delayed Harvest report (click to visit)

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

South Holston stream report (click to visit)

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Ken Peterson and Tom Martin make their homes in the Charlotte, NC area, but travel far and wide in search of smallmouth bass, frequently fishing the hallowed waters of Canada's smallmouth fisheries. But when they got curious about the possibilities for good smallmouth bass fishing a littler closer to home, they called Altamont Anglers to book an exploratory trip. Altamont Anglers' guide Teo Whitlock introduced Tom and Ken to the French Broad River on August 14, 2007 and found typical August conditions: the bass were taking their siestas during the heat of the day, coming out to "play" (feed) after the sun got off the water in the early evening. Early and late are when to seek the smallies this time of year--get in the shade during the middle of the day. (A more recent bass report is available by clicking here) . Here are Ken's thoughts on the day:
"We had a great time with Teo , excellent young man and a hard working guide .
We plan to be back , keep me/us informed regarding the river conditions as I/we would like to be able to enjoy the whole river and he is also to keep me/us posted on the Holston River for a trip .
See you later this year, Ken"
Ken had some other incidental comments on the cleanliness of the boat, but after looking at this picture we wonder how he even saw the boat through the maze of rods he's got rigged up (click the image for a larger view)...

Here's a nice shot of Tom Martin with a smallie that apparently needed a little "tug" to achieve the desired weight (click to enlarge the image)

(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!!