Tennessee Trout Waters: Blue-Ribbon Fly-Fishing Guide
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 under Fishing Guides | 1 Comment
Product Description
There is tremendous diversity in Tennessee’s trout waters: tailwater rivers, mountain streams, and lakes, and much of it is on public land. This guidebook will give you a good starting point for exploring these waters, including up-to-date information, detailed maps, and easy-to-understand icons. Productive techniques and fly patterns are given for over 25 different trout waters, as well as what species you can expect, whether hiking is required, available camping… More >>
Tennessee Trout Waters: Blue-Ribbon Fly-Fishing Guide
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:08 am
I visit Tennessee in the Spring to fish the Park and the tailwaters, and Ian’s book has been my sole guide to these waters since its publication. It covers a wide, wide range of rivers and streams, and delivers enough information to get you on the water with a reasonable idea about what’s about to happen.
A nice touch is Rutter’s listing of alternative fisheries (and drive times); should you arrive at a tailwater and discover the water release schedule has been altered, leaving you with an unfishable mess.
Rutter certainly knows these fisheries like the back of his hand (he’s the top guide in the area, and lives on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park), and manages to impart a lot of information very quickly.
My only real complaint is that a longer book might be a bit more useful – in places, I’d love to have more information, though the somewhat transient nature of the tailwater fisheries (they live and die based on TVA flow schedules, which can change on a whim) and rapid development around some of the tailwaters (the Clinch being a prime example) would make it difficult to say much with any real precision.
A great & useful guide book.
Rating: 5 / 5