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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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Paul Tootleman and Steve Paradise belong to a network of anglers based in New Jersey, with whom they've shared fishing excursions from the Catskills to the Rockies. Unlike some angling relationships which evolve into lifelong competitions for the biggest or most fish and which therefore involve secrecy and subterfuge regarding fly patterns, secret "honey holes", and even favorite guides, these guys actually share their knowledge and discoveries with each other!! Thus did Paul and Steve's fishing buddy Walt Pabers (more on Walt here) report back to them after a couple of trips south to Asheville, NC where he had discovered the services of Altamont Anglers Fy Fishing Guides, and particularly the services of AA guide Teo Whitlock. A couple of preliminary conversations later and they were booked up for three consecutive days of fishing guided by Teo on the various waters around Asheville and inclucing the South Holston River, in Eastern Tennessee.

Team Tootleman & Paradise spent an automotively challenged day getting to and from the South Holston on Friday, May 4th, 2007, but managed to catch a couple of dozen fish while floating the lower end of the river in a day filled with rain and thunder. On Saturday, May 5th, Teo took them over to the West Fork of the Pigeon River and they finished up their Appalachian Sampler on the Davidson River on Sunday, May 6 2007. Paul says, " My thanks for a wonderful fishing exprience. The rivers we fished were very diversified and I enjoyed that a lot. I learned a lot from Teo and look forward to fishing with him in the fall", while Steve has this to say: "Drake, thanks again to you and Teo for 3 wonderful days on 3 terrific and very different rivers. Teo was the ultimate guide – extremely knowledgeable, a great fisherman, a wonderful teacher and a very nice and patient young man. You should be very proud of him (although he says he taught you everything you know!)"

Here's Paul Tootlemanon the West Fork of the Pigeon River on Saturday, May 5, 2007 holding a big rainbow trout (click the image for a larger view)...

And here's Steve Paradise with a big brown trout on the Davidson River, 5/6/07 (click the pic for larger view)...

Click the thumbs below for larger views of more of Team Tootleman and Paradise's adventures in Appalachian trout fishing, May, 2007:

(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!!