This has been a great week for everyone to catch fish. Water temps have finally moved into the magical lower 50’s and made bugs start popping. Quill Gordons are showing up every day as well as Grannom Caddis(black caddis, finally!) . Early Winter Blacks are still coming off well, but we should see them start tapering off pretty soon. Soft hackle patterns and Y2K’s accounted for a lot of fish this week, but a lot of patterns are producing fish. The fish have not been looking up well with the Quills, but they will have it figured out by the time the March Browns start coming off. Nymphs are still going to be your best bet over the next couple of weeks, so plan to fish those. With weather forecasts next week for Mountain Rest being in the high 70’s, the river will absolutely be fishing on fire! I do so love this time of the year just for how cooperative the fish are… Sorry no pics this week, but if you want to send some in to be placed on the website of your catch, just email to chattoogariverflyshop@gmail.com
The last part of my announcements has to do with days the shop will open and what hours we will operate. I am having to step away from the seven days a week. As most of you know,I run the shop mostly by myself, and it just doesn’t give me anytime to get anything done for the shop or at home. So I have decided to take Mondays off so that I can do the banking and ordering on those days as well as things around the house. Hour wise we are going to start opening at 9 and remaining open ’til 6 in the evening now that the days are much longer. So the new schedule is going to be Tuesday through Saturday, 9-6…. Sunday 9-2. Thanks everyone for understanding.
Last but not least, wanted to congratulate Bill Hager and Greg McKelvey for having some good days on the river this week! They put the time in and were finally rewarded for it… Look forward to seeing everyone next week!!!
Went up to Burrells Ford yesterday and was hoping to check out the shop for the first time. Unfortunately looks like your hours have changed to weekends only. Is that change permanent?
The hours are only for summer. October 1st we will return to our normal days of Thursday – Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 9-2