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July 2007 Fishing
Report
South Holston Tailrace
Dry fly fishing
has been good in recent weeks with sulfurs, beetles, ants,
and craneflies producing the best. The beetle fishing is
best early and late in the day. Use long leaders (up to 15
ft) and cast into deep pools, riffles, and under overhanging
trees for best results. Remember to look in the surrounding
bushes and trees and match your fly to the corresponding
bug. Midges, small mayfly nymphs, and scuds are producing
well subsurface. Yellow and brown wetflies swung to fish
eating emerging sulfurs will produce.
Watauga Tailrace
The Watauga has
been fishing extremely well with the water stained. The big
fish are feeding in fast riffles, deep slots, and tailouts.
Craneflies, sulfurs, and tan caddis are hatching nicely on
overcast days with murky water. If the Doe River is slightly
muddy to stained, the big fish in the tailrace downstream
are easier to catch. Ants and beetles are producing when
cast near the banks. Preceding and during the caddis hatch
swinging caddis wetflies through the riffles and tailouts.
Nolichucky
The water has been
muddy with all the afternoon thunderstorms. It is best to
fish the river on the clear. Despite the stained water the
river is low. The fish are concentrated and move deep during
midday. It is best to get out early and late. Woolybuggers
swung and deaddrifted through faster water has produced
well. The topwater bite has been good in the first two and
last two hours of light. Dixie devils, small divers, and
dragonfly patterns are producing the best.
Boone Area Streams
Watauga Delayed Harvest
The trout fishing
has slowed up however, the smallmouth and brim bite has been
good. Small poppers and buggers tossed in tailouts, back
eddies, and deep pools are producing some nice smallmouth in
lower sections of the river. The bite is excellent in
stained water and cloudy conditions. Fish deep during high
skys and midday. Crawfish patterns deaddrifted around
boulders and logjams in slow current will pick up inactive
fish.
Local Small Streams
The small streams are filled back up with the recent rains
and fishing very well. High elevation streams are typically
best this time of year. Various dry fly dropper rigs are
working best for our guides. The bite is best early and late
in the day when the water temperatures are low. Elk hair
caddis, stimulators, ants, yellow sallies, and beetles are
good dry flies to start with. Drop off little beadhead
nymphs for more bites.
South Fork New River
If you can catch the South Fork when it’s not muddy you will
be in for a good day of fishing. It is fishing the best
during clearing water on overcast days. Small divers and
woolybugger are producing best. Look for deep ledges and
riffles and strip your divers and buggers across the
current. If the fish are finicky, dead drift buggers and
crayfish patters into deep tailouts and besides boulders.
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