South Holston River 2/13/2006

Doug Moore and myself met up with Steven Dark of Mike Adam's Flyfishing on Monday. The plan originally was to float the Watauga River, however because of high water we opted for the South Holston. The whole area had recieved a good amount of snow the night before. The snow made for a very scenic float. The down side was extremly cold temps. It didn't get above 25 degrees all day. We were constantly having to dip our rods in the water to clear ice. The fish were fairly cooperative and everyone landed a few. Midges were the ticket the majority of the day. However a few BWO's were coming off and everyone managed a couple of hookups on dries.