Went to the Cumberland river this past weekend w/ my fishing buddy Todd. The water temp. is in good shape thanks to the Army core of Eng. running the sluice for most of the day, even downstream about 8/9 miles it was still rather cool. Last year w/ the drought and the near trickle of release it really brought the water temps up and freeked all the fly fisherman and basic watershed conservationalists out! Things seem really great this year and the fishing has proven that along w/ that Fly Fisherman magazine article. Anyway the name of the game on most tailwaters midsummer is "midges" and we caught many fish ranging from 12-17 inces w/ most being rainbow mixed in w/ a few browns. All the fish seemed healthy and strong and a lot were caught on zebra's in the #16 range also some on other midge patterns of red or olive. All in all it was another great trip to the Cumby!

Fished the Clinch over the weekend in TN. w/ my friend Todd. I have not been there in a couple of years mostly because the Cumberland has produced so well, also TN. had bloated their out of state license to $80 a year w/ trout stamp. Well, the weather wasn't exactly as forecasted and it seamed to keep the fish down near the "jailhouse" section for the sulpher hatch, which had also made their emergence sporadic at best. I took the fact of a few naturals on the water and minimal rises to go subsurface with an emerger which produced a few fish and one fat bow at 16inch. All in all the weekend was tough w/ few fish and rain, but i should note below the weir dam i did catch two small brookies(i have learned that the department of TN fish and wildlife had recently stocked these). It does interest me the stocking of brook trout (which i love), but i just hope the recent implemented slot limit brings qaulity fish back to this watershed!