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Sauger Sighting, April 20, 2012 (click to visit)

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

South Holston Stripers on the fly (click to visit)

April 2 on the Watauga River (click to visit)

South Holston River gets weird (click to visit)

Patrick Roberts' Delayed Harvest report (click to visit)

Watauga River report from Pete Post (click to visit)

Blind squirrel finds acorn (click to visit)

Tom Taylor, March 27, 2012 (click to visit)

Tom Taylor March 26, 2012 (click to visit)

March Madness for Smallmouth Bass (click to visit)

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

February smallmouth fishing (click to visit)

Jocelyn & the February bass (click to visit)

February stripers on the fly (click to visit)

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)

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)

Mark's Watauga River report (click to visit)

Watauga River stripers! (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)

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)

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

South Holston stream report (click to visit)

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Larry Littrell flew up from his home in Florida to meet Altamont Anglers' guide Teo Whitlock for a float trip on the South Holston River on September 20, 2005. Although Larry grew up in the Bluff City area (our destination when fishing the South Holston), he didn't start fly fishing until he'd moved to Florida. He's an accomplished angler for redfish and other 'denizens of the deep', but this was his first time angling for trout and he was wisely seeking some guidance. We'll let Larry tell the story:

"October 30, 2005 is a day that will live in infamy for me. I met Teo Whitlock in Bluff City and a few short minutes later we were scampering down a bank clad in waders in search of trout. After a few minutes of demonstrating proper technique for fishing the river I was ready to roll.
Soon after I had my first trout pulling line through the guides. A beautiful brown that came unbuttoned just as he approached an outstretched net. There was no time for sorrow, the next fish was a couple of casts away.

Teo and I spent the morning marveling at the bite and continued to work the same pool trying different presentations and flies as the whims of the trout changed. The bite was on, as evidenced by our lack of perception of time. We realized over five hours had passed so we made a break for lunch.

We returned to wade a nearby section with moving water and again a few minutes of instruction along with continued coaching produced more trout.

I cant remember the total of fish caught, somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty, with many more pulled hooks and one breakoff. An increadable first day of standing in a river waving a stick.

Without Teo's patience and instruction I'm sure the day would not have been the same.

Thanks to Drake and Teo for a rewarding experience. I'll be back soon, no doubt."

Thanks to you, Larry! And, as all our neighbors say, "Y'all come back..."

Here's Larry with one of many fine trout caught on the South Holston River, September 20, 2005...

Here are some more shots from the day's fishing--not a bad first day fishing for trout with a fly rod! (click the thumbnails below to see full-size pictures)...

(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!!