Having been in the Smoky Mountains outside Knoxville, Tennessee the past few days on business, I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to go fly fishing. I've always loved the cold, clear streams of ...

Award-winning outdoor writer Jim Casada, a native of the Great Smokies who has written or edited more than 40 books, has just published what he describes as “my book of a lifetime.” Casada said, "I ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. | The bright yellow fly line next to the tippet twitched and I gave the fly rod a little jerk. “You’ve got to be quicker than that,” says Chad Williams, guide for Smoky Mountain ...

When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

Great Smoky Mountains — Years of hard work by biologists and volunteers in the Great Smoky Mountains could lure even more anglers to the national park in 2018. The park reintroduced and restored ...

I always keep a gel and powder dry fly floatant in my pack. They’re similar substances, but they’re used at different times. Before your first cast of the day, you’ll apply a small amount of the gel ...

Picture this: It’s 8:30 on a crisp September morning in the Great Smoky Mountains, and I’m about to step into a pair of chest-high waders for the very first time. My hands are trembling slightly—not ...

If you would rather fish dry flies than any other style of fishing there is to employ, you definitely live in the right place. One would argue, if you’re stubborn enough, you could fish a dry fly on ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. – Two visitors emerged from the rhododendron, surveyed the landscape, consulted in whispers and planned their approach. They were on the Middle Prong of Little River in a ...