Fishing Essentials - Methods, Techniques, Gear & Tackle

**Brook Trout** are not as difficult
to fool as the rainbow or brown
trout; however, getting around in
the streams and casting to them
is usually not very easy.

Fly Fishing DVD’s “Strategies
That Catch Trout” covers the
game plan anglers should use
to consistently catch trout.
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**Caddisflies,** especially the net
spinners, do not exist in large
quantities in the Smokies. Other
types such as the cased caddis
exist in fairly large quantities.

**Mayflies** of the clinger nymph
families are plentiful in the
Smokes.

Fly Fishing DVD – Top 85 Tips On Fly Fishing For Trout
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**Quill Gordon Spinner,** imitating
a part of the hatch rarely taken
advantage of by Smoky Mountain
anglers. (Purchase)

**American March Brown Dun,**
one of the most plentiful (Purchase)

**What Fly Should I Use?** This is the most frequently asked question about fly-fishing anywhere; however, it’s not one of the most important ones.

You will find that Great Smoky Mountains National Park may require some fly-fishing methods that are a quite different than those you may use at other places. While the methods are vastly different from those used in fly-fishing large western streams and rivers, they are not that different from the headwaters of many other eastern or western freestone streams. The methods that are effective in the park are quite different from that used in fly-fishing spring creeks. They are also quite different from those used to fish most tailwaters.

Small Smoky Mountain Trout Streams require creative cast and presentations that are often necessary just to get the fly into an area of productive water. That’s not usually a very easy thing to do underneath a thick canopy of overhanging tree limbs.

Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing School For Beginners

Beginners (Those Just Getting Started Fly-fishing)

Selecting the Right Fly Gear (Rods, Reels, Line, etc.)

Beginner’s Gear Guide

Aquatic Insect Hatches

Terrestrial Insects

Choosing The Right Fly

The Four Seasons

Casting in Tight Conditions

Brown trout generally require different fishing methods and techniques if you are specifically targeting them. They are usually more difficult to catch than the other species. They tend to stay hidden under a rock during the day and feed mostly during low light conditions such as dark cloudy days or at night.

**Successful Strategies**: This DVD features author Ian Rutter. The program teaches nymphing. It was produced in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Don’t forget the Kids:
Angie selecting a fly for our grandson, Tanner Deupree.
We had to remind Tanner that he forgot to put his wading belt on. If you slip and fall in without a belt or with the belt loose, it would be difficult to get back up out of the water with water in your waders. Without a belt, they would fill up almost instantly. Always keep your wading belt on snug and tight around your waist.

Don’t be intimidated by those who claim that fly fishing for trout requires years of experience. It doesn’t. Angie learned fast and easy and after a very few trips to the Smokies became very proficient at catching wild trout.

Below are just a few of the
World’s Best Flies – “Perfect
Flies” There are over 180 new
new caddisfly patterns, 24 new caddisfly patterns, 24 new stonefly patterns, a dozen new midge patterns, many new terrestrial and streamer patterns.

Fishing Essentials – Methods, Techniques, Gear & Tackle