December 2013 Club Speaker – Ben Moore – Trophy Trout on the Saluda River December’s Atlanta Fly Fishing meeting features guide Ben Moore who will be speaking about fly fishing in Columbia South Carolina on Wednesday December 11, 2013 at 7 p.m. Most club members start arriving at 5:30. The December meeting is one of […]
Louisiana Red Fish Trip – Bayou Beatdown
Freshly back from a Cajun redfish adventure resembling more of a Bayou Beatdown than a victory over our piscatorial prey, Big Bill Kessler, Colonel Rob Kissel, Gordon Middleton and Doug Brady almost cried “uncle”, uncle Boudreau that is. Venturing out of our back door at Camp Drum in Port Sulphur, or driving down to launch […]
AFFC November 2013 Club Speaker
Alex Bell – AB’s Fly Fishing Guide Service November’s Atlanta Fly Fishing meeting features guide Alex Bell. November 13, 2013 at 7 p.m. The Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail features some of the best trout waters in the Great Smoky Mountains. The trail covers 15 excellent spots for catching brook, brown and rainbow trout. […]
Montana Road Trip
JD, Ed, Eric, and Rob go to Montana Months before the departure The first question is how to get there from Atlanta, where to fish, then where to stay… Aug 3 leave Atlanta, stay around Kansas City Aug 4 stay around ?Wyoming? ? South Dakota? Aug 5 arrive Big Horn, stay in Cottonwood Campground Aug […]
Basalt Colorado fly fishing with Cameron Cipponeri
While there may still be some fishing tomorrow–cutthroat in Maroon Bells/Aspen area, private water here on the Frying Pan, or further upstream where we’ve fished twice–we have had a good and interesting three days of fishing. Day one was supposed to be a full day float on the Roaring Fork. But recent rains…yes, I know, […]
Club Fly Fishing Day at Gregg’s bass pond
Good day, everyone. I would like to take a moment to say that I appreciate your coming out to to fly fish and ride kayaks. The weather was good and the fish were biting! Rob Stroupe was giving fly casting clinics (Meredith had a great time). Tom caught 5 bass on one of Michael Orr’s […]
2013 Flows on the Chattahoochee
Spring fishing season is upon us with hints of honey suckle in the air and mountain laurel along with trout lillies in full bloom. As one of our clients exclaimed, “Chris, the fish are just the the gravy, it’s beautiful out here!” We are excited about the new spring season with a better prevelence of […]
Fishing Report on the Tuck
June 1st, 2013 This past Wednesday and Thursday Eric Davis and I went up to the ‘Tuck with NASCAR. The generation schedule was supposed to be favorable and the DH is drawing to a close. On Wednesday we were greeted with pretty high water, which kept the dry fly action down (although we heard that […]
THE SOQUE COMES TO THE CHATTOOGA (BUT NOT NASCAR)
Bob “NASCAR” Chambliss called Ed Chamberlain and I and asked us to go fishing this past Friday (3/23). The phone conversation with NASCAR went about the same with both Ed and I. NASCAR (excited)-Hello, lets go fishing on Friday. ED-That sounds good, how about we go to the Chattooga? I have heard that the dry […]
A Most Excellent Fisherman
1st sequence he catches half a dozen fish in one strike. 2nd sequence he plunges talons into deep water right to the bottom to grab his prey. 3rd sequence he captures a big old fat fish that looks as if it weighs more than he does! This is incredible to watch (best viewed in full […]