The smallmouth fishing on the Lower Holston is on fire. The grass beds are thick and the smallies are all staging on the edges in ambush mode. We're taking significant numbers of fish and at least one large one daily right now. The Cicada's are popping lower in the river, there are plenty of baitfish.....it's going to be a GREAT summer for smallie fishing.

The South Holston isalso fishing quite well. There are tons of sulphers coming off in high water right now. TVA is giving us good flows daily and it looks like it's going to continue for awhile (keeping our fingers crossed). Sulphers in 14-16 are popping in large numbers when the water turns on and the fish are feeding on them...all over the river, not just on the edges. The streamer fishing has also been quite good lately. If it's overcast, you want to be throwing streamers on this river....period!