Fly Fishing Journal

2018 Summer Adventure part 2 (Idaho)

After getting skunked, I was walking thru Sportsman’s Warehouse in Idaho Falls, and saw the fishing report board. It reported that Birch Creek was fishing very well. So I decided to run up there the next day with my brother. We loaded up the truck with our gear, and some essentials (cooler full of Ranier). …

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2018 Summer Adventure Part 1 (Idaho)

This summer was a very busy time, hence not very many updates were posted to the site. I will now attempt to remedy that, with a huge blast of posts in the next couple days. We will begin the story at the beginning of June. I flew with my son out to Idaho Falls, so …

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Are Spinners winners?

This spring I’ve been fortunate enough to go fishing at the lake with my wife a few times. She enjoys going out and throwing in what according to her mom is the secret weapon.. the blue worm.  Unfortunately for me, she always seems to out fish me when we are there. Take our anniversary for …

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Little Chickey Pond, with and without a gaggle of Cub Scouts.

As part of the Bear Cub Scout rank, one of the requirements is “A Bear Goes Fishing.” As such, it was decided that my son’s den would take a trip to Little Chickey Pond, in Lakesite TN. The scout leader had heard it was heavily stocked, and should be an easy catch for the boys. …

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Tellico Cleanup 3/10/18

The Annual Tellico Cleanup took place on March 10th. I got up early in the morning in order to make the twoish hour trek to what has quickly become one of my favorite rivers in the area. I figured it was worth being tired in order to give a little back to the river that …

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Tellico 2/17/18

Part of the content that I will be adding to the site will be fishing trip summaries of the experiences I have when I make it out. Here’s the first, a trip to the Tellico I made last month. Location: Tellico River/ Sycamore Creek Catches:  5 Rainbow, 1 Sucker Weather: Warm. 55F-65F Rainy at times, …

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