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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)

Where's Your Picture?
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Rick Ollman had so much fun last year, when he was guided by Altamont Anglers' guide Teo Whitlock during a visit to Asheville, that he gathered together some buddies for a return trip. Teo took Rick, Rob Gorman and Andy Cuprisin for some fly fishing lessons on the West Fork of the Pigeon River on March 31, 2006. Judging from the photos, they were quick learners who knew how to enjoy themselves on a trout stream. In the picture below (click it to enlarge it) Rob, Andy and Rick pose for a post-lunch group photo. While we can't see Andy's hands, we assume he's the "designated wader", steadying his comrades in the currents...
Rob Gorman, Andy Cuprisin and Rick Ollman in the West Fork of the Pigeon River

Here's Rick with a honking big brook trout--click to enlarge (the photo, not the fish...)
Rick Ollman holds a big brook trout

The thumbs that follow illustrate our intrepid anglers' growing mastery of the various techniques of trout gripping, fly-from-trees-removing (we think it's cruel that a buddy would record such a moment on film), and beer storage-while-wading that are essential for any successfull day a-stream. Can you find the stored beers? Click away...
Rick Ollman holds a trout Rob Gorman and Rick Ollman with a rainbow trout Thumbnail photo of a nice rainbow trout Andy Cuprisin holds a West Fork Rainbow Andy Cuprisin with another rainbow Andy Cuprisin offers another view of that trout Rob Gorman holds a trout while storing beer Andy Cuprisin with a trout An angler removes his fly from the tree branches Rob Gorman holds a nice trout Rick Ollman holds a big rainbow trout Rick Ollman holds a big rainbow trout Andy Cuprisin holds a brown trout Rob Gorman holds a rainbow trout Andy Cuprisin holds a brown trout

We singled this photo out because it illustrates one of the dangers of drinking and fishing: note the absence of a tell-tale bulge in Rob's waders, indicating the consumption of his stores, and the resulting size of the fish. Not that we're suggesting a direct cause/effect relationship, here...(click to enlarge)
Rob Gorman with a tiny 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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