Latest / The Articulate Fly / S7, Ep 39: East Tennessee Fishing Report: Weather, Caddis and Streamer Strategies with Ellis Ward
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- 0:00Hey
- 0:04folks,
- 0:04it's
- 0:05Marvin
- 0:05Cash,
- 0:05the
- 0:05host
- 0:06of
- 0:06the
- 0:06Articulate
- 0:06Fly.
- 0:07We're
- 0:07back
- 0:07with
- 0:07another
- 0:07East
- 0:08Tennessee
- 0:08fishing
- 0:09report
- 0:09with
- 0:09Ellis
- 0:09Ward.
- 0:10Ellis,
- 0:10how
- 0:10are
- 0:11you?
- 0:11I
- 0:12am
- 0:12doing
- 0:12good,
- 0:12Marv,
- 0:13how
- 0:13are
- 0:13you?
- 0:13And
- 0:14as
- 0:14always,
- 0:14I'm
- 0:14just
- 0:15trying
- 0:15to
- 0:15stay
- 0:15out
- 0:15of
- 0:15trouble
- 0:16and
- 0:17took
- 0:17a
- 0:17peek
- 0:17at
- 0:17your
- 0:17weather
- 0:18before
- 0:18we
- 0:18started
- 0:18recording.
- 0:19And
- 0:20you
- 0:20got
- 0:20to
- 0:20be
- 0:21a
- 0:21happy
- 0:21camper.
- 0:22I
- 0:22think
- 0:22you've
- 0:22got
- 0:22maybe
- 0:23seven
- 0:23to
- 0:23ten
- 0:23days
- 0:24of
- 0:24perfect
- 0:24Ellis
- 0:25fishing
- 0:25weather.
- 0:27Yeah,
- 0:27we
- 0:28got
- 0:29stored
- 0:29a
- 0:29cooler
- 0:30bunch
- 0:30of
- 0:30clouds.
- 0:31I'm
- 0:31staring
- 0:31at
- 0:32some
- 0:32clouds
- 0:32right
- 0:33now.
- 0:35It,
- 0:35it's
- 0:36been
- 0:37for
- 0:37the
- 0:37last
- 0:38two
- 0:38or
- 0:38three
- 0:38months.
- 0:39I
- 0:39think
- 0:40three
- 0:40might
- 0:40be
- 0:40a
- 0:40stretch,
- 0:41but
- 0:42the,
- 0:42the
- 0:43banks
- 0:43are
- 0:43overgrown.
- 0:44Like
- 0:45there's,
- 0:45there's
- 0:45two
- 0:45banks.
- 0:46There's
- 0:46the
- 0:46low
- 0:46water
- 0:47bank
- 0:47and
- 0:47there's
- 0:47the
- 0:47high
- 0:47water
- 0:48bank.
- 0:48It's
- 0:48just
- 0:48been
- 0:49low
- 0:49water
- 0:50and
- 0:50I
- 0:51mean
- 0:51there's,
- 0:51it's
- 0:52very
- 0:52clear
- 0:52that
- 0:53there's
- 0:53been
- 0:53no
- 0:54release
- 0:54to
- 0:54the
- 0:54point
- 0:54where
- 0:55the
- 0:55grass
- 0:55and
- 0:56saplings
- 0:57and
- 0:57all
- 0:57that
- 0:57stuff
- 0:57are
- 0:57coming
- 0:58out
- 0:59from
- 0:59that
- 0:59low
- 0:59water
- 1:00bank.
- 1:03And
- 1:04you
- 1:04know,
- 1:04it's
- 1:05been,
- 1:05I,
- 1:05I've,
- 1:06I've
- 1:07had
- 1:07a
- 1:07good
- 1:07number
- 1:08of,
- 1:08of
- 1:09trips
- 1:09with
- 1:09some
- 1:09regulars
- 1:10and
- 1:10guys
- 1:13both
- 1:14capitalizing
- 1:14on
- 1:15what
- 1:15they've
- 1:15already
- 1:15learned.
- 1:15Fish
- 1:15and
- 1:16streamers
- 1:16and
- 1:16here
- 1:17to
- 1:17learn
- 1:17for
- 1:17it.
- 1:17And
- 1:18we've
- 1:19moved
- 1:19some
- 1:19big
- 1:19fish,
- 1:20we've
- 1:20caught
- 1:20some
- 1:20big
- 1:20fish,
- 1:21big
- 1:21fish
- 1:21have
- 1:21made
- 1:22it
- 1:22to
- 1:22the
- 1:22net.
- 1:22Those
- 1:22are
- 1:22three
- 1:23different
- 1:23things.
- 1:23And
- 1:24we
- 1:25just,
- 1:25we've
- 1:25seen
- 1:26the
- 1:26general
- 1:26increase
- 1:27in
- 1:27activity,
- 1:29which
- 1:30I'm
- 1:31not
- 1:31sure
- 1:31if
- 1:31that's
- 1:32the
- 1:32fish
- 1:32becoming
- 1:33more
- 1:33acclimated
- 1:34to
- 1:34always
- 1:34low
- 1:35water
- 1:35or
- 1:36me
- 1:36just
- 1:37out
- 1:37there
- 1:38more,
- 1:38which
- 1:39I've
- 1:39done
- 1:39a
- 1:39bunch
- 1:39of
- 1:40anyways,
- 1:40but
- 1:41it's,
- 1:43it,
- 1:43it's
- 1:43been
- 1:43good,
- 1:44but
- 1:44it's
- 1:44still,
- 1:46it's,
- 1:47it's
- 1:47hard
- 1:48work.
- 1:48And
- 1:48like
- 1:50I,
- 1:50I,
- 1:50I,
- 1:50I
- 1:51have
- 1:51to
- 1:51laugh
- 1:51at
- 1:51that
- 1:52because
- 1:53most
- 1:54of
- 1:54the
- 1:54time
- 1:54the
- 1:54idea
- 1:55of
- 1:55what
- 1:55I
- 1:55do
- 1:57when
- 1:57I
- 1:57just,
- 1:58you
- 1:58know,
- 1:59look
- 1:59at
- 1:59it
- 1:59from
- 1:59me
- 2:00seven
- 2:00or
- 2:00eight
- 2:00years
- 2:00ago,
- 2:02not
- 2:02guiding
- 2:03and
- 2:03fishing,
- 2:04it's
- 2:05like
- 2:06basing
- 2:06my
- 2:06profession
- 2:07on
- 2:07catching
- 2:08wild
- 2:08brown
- 2:08trout
- 2:09with
- 2:09streamers.
- 2:12It's
- 2:12an
- 2:13uphill
- 2:13battle
- 2:13and
- 2:15you
- 2:15can
- 2:16really,
- 2:16that's
- 2:16why
- 2:16like
- 2:17all
- 2:17the
- 2:17different
- 2:17casting
- 2:18techniques
- 2:18and
- 2:18strips
- 2:19and
- 2:19like
- 2:20all
- 2:20that
- 2:20stuff,
- 2:22you
- 2:22want
- 2:23every
- 2:23advantage
- 2:24pushing
- 2:24your
- 2:25way,
- 2:25you
- 2:25know,
- 2:26muskie
- 2:26included.
- 2:28And
- 2:30it's,
- 2:30it's
- 2:31just
- 2:31a
- 2:31lot
- 2:31of
- 2:31work
- 2:32for
- 2:32both
- 2:32people,
- 2:33you
- 2:33know,
- 2:33for
- 2:33the
- 2:33angler
- 2:34and
- 2:34for
- 2:34me.
- 2:35And
- 2:36so
- 2:37getting
- 2:38the
- 2:38high
- 2:39water
- 2:40and
- 2:41the
- 2:41cloudy
- 2:42skies
- 2:43is,
- 2:43it
- 2:44just
- 2:44pushes
- 2:45so
- 2:45many
- 2:46different
- 2:46things
- 2:46in
- 2:47our
- 2:47favor.
- 2:48And
- 2:51not
- 2:51that
- 2:51you
- 2:51don't
- 2:52have
- 2:52to
- 2:52work
- 2:52hard,
- 2:53but
- 2:54it
- 2:54is,
- 2:55it
- 2:56can
- 2:56be
- 2:56a
- 2:56little
- 2:56More
- 2:56forgiving.
- 2:58And
- 2:58so
- 3:00yeah,
- 3:01looking
- 3:01at
- 3:01both
- 3:01the
- 3:01release
- 3:02schedule
- 3:02and
- 3:02the
- 3:03weather,
- 3:03so
- 3:03this,
- 3:04that's
- 3:04sort
- 3:04of
- 3:04a
- 3:04rare
- 3:04combo
- 3:05that
- 3:05I'm
- 3:06looking
- 3:06at
- 3:06both
- 3:06of
- 3:06those
- 3:07and
- 3:07I
- 3:07feel
- 3:07pretty
- 3:07happy.
- 3:08Well,
- 3:09there
- 3:09you
- 3:09go.
- 3:09And
- 3:09so
- 3:10two
- 3:10questions
- 3:10for
- 3:10you.
- 3:11One,
- 3:11you
- 3:11know,
- 3:11we've
- 3:11still
- 3:12probably
- 3:13moving
- 3:13a
- 3:13little
- 3:14bit
- 3:14of
- 3:14post
- 3:14hurricane
- 3:15Helene
- 3:15silt
- 3:16through
- 3:16the
- 3:16system.
- 3:16I
- 3:16want
- 3:16to
- 3:17kind
- 3:17of
- 3:17get
- 3:17your
- 3:17thoughts
- 3:17on
- 3:17where
- 3:18we
- 3:18are
- 3:18on
- 3:18that.
- 3:18But
- 3:18also
- 3:19too,
- 3:20I
- 3:20would
- 3:20imagine
- 3:20you're
- 3:21probably
- 3:21pretty
- 3:21well
- 3:21through
- 3:22the
- 3:22Cattus,
- 3:22but
- 3:22kind
- 3:22of
- 3:23let
- 3:23folks
- 3:23know
- 3:23kind
- 3:23of
- 3:23what
- 3:24the
- 3:24bug
- 3:24deal
- 3:24is
- 3:24right
- 3:25now.
- 3:26Yeah.
- 3:27So
- 3:27with
- 3:28the
- 3:28Helene
- 3:29sediment,
- 3:30it's
- 3:30still,
- 3:32you
- 3:32know,
- 3:33both
- 3:33rivers
- 3:33when
- 3:34they're
- 3:34releasing,
- 3:36I
- 3:37would
- 3:37say
- 3:37both
- 3:38rivers
- 3:38in,
- 3:38in
- 3:38low.
- 3:39Yeah,
- 3:39I,
- 3:39I
- 3:39am
- 3:40going
- 3:40to
- 3:40say
- 3:40that
- 3:40both
- 3:40rivers
- 3:40and
- 3:41low
- 3:41water
- 3:43went
- 3:44on
- 3:44the
- 3:44South
- 3:44Olson
- 3:45couple
- 3:46nights
- 3:46in
- 3:47the
- 3:47last
- 3:48week
- 3:48and
- 3:51like
- 3:51you
- 3:51can,
- 3:51it's,
- 3:52it's
- 3:52clear
- 3:53and
- 3:53that
- 3:53low
- 3:54water
- 3:54is
- 3:55though,
- 3:57you
- 3:57know,
- 3:5710
- 3:58CFs
- 3:58for
- 3:59those
- 3:59not
- 4:00familiar.
- 4:01And
- 4:01so
- 4:01a
- 4:02lot
- 4:02of
- 4:02the
- 4:02pool
- 4:03sections
- 4:04are
- 4:04lakey
- 4:05sections
- 4:05and
- 4:05carp
- 4:06are
- 4:06moving
- 4:06up
- 4:06in
- 4:06the
- 4:07bottom.
- 4:07And
- 4:07when
- 4:08it's
- 4:08that
- 4:08low
- 4:08for
- 4:08so
- 4:09long,
- 4:09South
- 4:09Holston
- 4:10does
- 4:10a,
- 4:11a
- 4:12little
- 4:12bit
- 4:12of
- 4:12a
- 4:12push
- 4:15for
- 4:15three
- 4:15hours
- 4:16a
- 4:16day,
- 4:17one
- 4:18hour
- 4:18at
- 4:18a
- 4:18time,
- 4:19but
- 4:19for
- 4:19three
- 4:19hours
- 4:20a
- 4:20day
- 4:20total.
- 4:20So
- 4:21you
- 4:21get
- 4:21some
- 4:21cooldown
- 4:22effect.
- 4:24But
- 4:24it's,
- 4:25it's
- 4:25been
- 4:25warm
- 4:26and
- 4:27with
- 4:27all
- 4:27that
- 4:27low
- 4:27water,
- 4:28Watauga
- 4:28hasn't
- 4:28released
- 4:29at
- 4:29all.
- 4:32Things
- 4:32just
- 4:32bake
- 4:33the
- 4:33banks,
- 4:34bake
- 4:34the
- 4:34rocks,
- 4:34bake
- 4:35all
- 4:35there's
- 4:35there.
- 4:37So
- 4:37it's
- 4:37the
- 4:37rich
- 4:38get
- 4:38richer,
- 4:38the
- 4:38poor
- 4:38get
- 4:39poorer.
- 4:39The
- 4:40low
- 4:40water,
- 4:40warmer
- 4:41water
- 4:41gets
- 4:41warmer
- 4:42and
- 4:42warmer,
- 4:42faster
- 4:44because
- 4:44there's
- 4:44less
- 4:45stuff
- 4:45above
- 4:46those
- 4:47rocks.
- 4:47And
- 4:47you
- 4:48also
- 4:48just
- 4:48have
- 4:48less
- 4:48of
- 4:49that,
- 4:49you
- 4:50know,
- 4:50new
- 4:51cold
- 4:51water
- 4:52coming
- 4:52in
- 4:52from
- 4:52the
- 4:52lake.
- 4:54So
- 4:56slight
- 4:56digression
- 4:57there.
- 4:57It's,
- 4:58you
- 4:59know,
- 4:59both
- 4:59rivers
- 5:00still
- 5:01have
- 5:02they,
- 5:03they
- 5:03are
- 5:03not
- 5:03the
- 5:04gin
- 5:04clear
- 5:04like
- 5:04I'm,
- 5:06I
- 5:06think
- 5:06more
- 5:06and
- 5:07more
- 5:07that
- 5:07it's
- 5:08just
- 5:08a,
- 5:09a
- 5:09pre
- 5:10and
- 5:10post
- 5:11probably
- 5:11for,
- 5:12for
- 5:12a
- 5:12while
- 5:15talking
- 5:16with
- 5:16a
- 5:16guy
- 5:18down
- 5:19in
- 5:19Irwin,
- 5:22you
- 5:22know,
- 5:22he's
- 5:23fishing
- 5:23smallmouth
- 5:24and
- 5:24he
- 5:24was
- 5:24just
- 5:24saying
- 5:24that
- 5:24some
- 5:25of
- 5:25these,
- 5:26these
- 5:27little
- 5:27ridges
- 5:27and
- 5:27islands
- 5:28that
- 5:28he
- 5:28would
- 5:28fish
- 5:28up
- 5:29on
- 5:29Watago
- 5:30Lake
- 5:30for
- 5:30smallmouth.
- 5:31He
- 5:31basically
- 5:32asked
- 5:32me
- 5:32is
- 5:32fishing
- 5:33harder,
- 5:33has
- 5:33it
- 5:33been
- 5:34harder
- 5:34this
- 5:34year?
- 5:34Because
- 5:34it
- 5:35has
- 5:35been
- 5:35for
- 5:35me
- 5:36and
- 5:36his
- 5:37spots
- 5:37are
- 5:37just
- 5:37not
- 5:38there.
- 5:38And
- 5:38it's
- 5:38because
- 5:39you
- 5:39know,
- 5:39Wataga
- 5:40Lake
- 5:40is
- 5:40fed
- 5:40by
- 5:41a
- 5:41bunch
- 5:41of
- 5:41different,
- 5:42you
- 5:43know,
- 5:43Watauga
- 5:43river
- 5:43up
- 5:44North
- 5:44Carolina,
- 5:45a
- 5:45bunch
- 5:45of
- 5:45other
- 5:45little
- 5:46rivers
- 5:46and
- 5:48it
- 5:48just
- 5:48pushed
- 5:49stuff
- 5:49around.
- 5:50So
- 5:53you
- 5:53know,
- 5:53we,
- 5:53I,
- 5:54I've,
- 5:54I've
- 5:54had
- 5:55Days
- 5:55where
- 5:58this
- 5:58spring
- 5:59where
- 5:59it
- 6:00is
- 6:00just.
- 6:01And
- 6:01we're
- 6:01not
- 6:02in
- 6:02like
- 6:02the
- 6:02big,
- 6:03you
- 6:03know,
- 6:03PMD
- 6:04sulfur,
- 6:05we're
- 6:05kind
- 6:05of
- 6:05just
- 6:05coming
- 6:06out
- 6:06of
- 6:06the
- 6:06caddis.
- 6:08And
- 6:08I've
- 6:09already
- 6:09seen
- 6:10like
- 6:10my,
- 6:11my
- 6:11concern
- 6:12was
- 6:12around
- 6:13plant
- 6:13life
- 6:14and
- 6:14then
- 6:14bug
- 6:14life
- 6:15and
- 6:15what
- 6:16the
- 6:16sediment
- 6:17would
- 6:17have
- 6:17done
- 6:17to
- 6:18both
- 6:18of
- 6:18those
- 6:19things
- 6:19or
- 6:19either
- 6:20of
- 6:20those
- 6:20things.
- 6:21And
- 6:22I've
- 6:22just,
- 6:23I've
- 6:23already
- 6:23seen
- 6:24that,
- 6:25you
- 6:26know,
- 6:26we
- 6:26still
- 6:27have
- 6:27these
- 6:28momentary
- 6:29blizzards
- 6:31of,
- 6:32of
- 6:32both
- 6:33the
- 6:33Caddis
- 6:34and
- 6:34the
- 6:34PMDs.
- 6:35And
- 6:36so
- 6:38any
- 6:38concerns
- 6:39I
- 6:39had
- 6:39there,
- 6:39which
- 6:40were
- 6:40very
- 6:41much
- 6:41not
- 6:42driven
- 6:42by
- 6:42any
- 6:43amount
- 6:43of
- 6:43science
- 6:43or,
- 6:44you
- 6:44know,
- 6:44biology,
- 6:45anything
- 6:45like
- 6:45that,
- 6:47those
- 6:47have
- 6:47been
- 6:48quelled.
- 6:50And
- 6:51yeah,
- 6:51for
- 6:51the
- 6:51catus,
- 6:53you
- 6:53know,
- 6:53that
- 6:53big
- 6:54push
- 6:54of
- 6:54big
- 6:54bugs
- 6:55is.
- 6:55It
- 6:55lasts
- 6:56for
- 6:56a
- 6:56week
- 6:56or
- 6:56two
- 6:57and,
- 6:57and
- 6:58even
- 6:58within
- 6:58that
- 6:59you
- 6:59get
- 6:59a
- 6:59couple
- 7:00hours
- 7:00a
- 7:00day
- 7:00where
- 7:00they're,
- 7:01they're
- 7:02really
- 7:02going.
- 7:03And
- 7:04that's
- 7:04come
- 7:05and
- 7:05gone.
- 7:05But
- 7:05I
- 7:06mean,
- 7:07you
- 7:08see
- 7:08these
- 7:08poppy
- 7:08eats,
- 7:09like,
- 7:11you
- 7:12know,
- 7:12there,
- 7:12there
- 7:12aren't
- 7:12risers
- 7:15happening.
- 7:16It's
- 7:16not,
- 7:16you're
- 7:17not
- 7:17looking
- 7:17around
- 7:17seeing
- 7:18risers.
- 7:18You're
- 7:18not,
- 7:18you're
- 7:19not
- 7:19looking
- 7:19down
- 7:19on
- 7:20the
- 7:20left
- 7:20hand
- 7:20scene
- 7:20by
- 7:21that
- 7:21log
- 7:21and
- 7:21there's,
- 7:22you
- 7:22know,
- 7:23two
- 7:23or
- 7:23three
- 7:23trout
- 7:23sipping
- 7:24there
- 7:24and
- 7:24one
- 7:24over
- 7:25in
- 7:25this
- 7:25break
- 7:25over
- 7:26here.
- 7:27When
- 7:27you're
- 7:27seeing
- 7:27these
- 7:28really
- 7:28splashy
- 7:29poppy
- 7:30eats.
- 7:31Like,
- 7:32like
- 7:32you
- 7:32might
- 7:32see
- 7:32a
- 7:32bass
- 7:33eating
- 7:33a
- 7:33damselfly.
- 7:35Like
- 7:35that's,
- 7:36that's
- 7:36cat
- 7:36is
- 7:36pupa
- 7:37eats
- 7:37and
- 7:37it's,
- 7:38you
- 7:38can
- 7:38hear
- 7:38the
- 7:38difference.
- 7:39You
- 7:39can
- 7:39see
- 7:39the
- 7:39difference
- 7:40most
- 7:40of
- 7:40the
- 7:40time.
- 7:41And
- 7:43you
- 7:43see
- 7:43it
- 7:43on
- 7:43both
- 7:44rivers
- 7:45through
- 7:45the
- 7:46summer.
- 7:46And
- 7:47you
- 7:48know,
- 7:48in
- 7:48the
- 7:48South
- 7:48Holston
- 7:49there
- 7:50you'll
- 7:50see
- 7:50cats
- 7:51as
- 7:51small
- 7:51as
- 7:5122s.
- 7:54You
- 7:54know,
- 7:54they're,
- 7:55they're
- 7:55a
- 7:55little
- 7:55bigger
- 7:55on
- 7:56the
- 7:56tog,
- 7:56but
- 7:57black
- 7:57and
- 7:57tan
- 7:58really
- 7:58from,
- 7:59from
- 8:0016s
- 8:01to,
- 8:01to,
- 8:02to
- 8:02the
- 8:02mid-20s.
- 8:04So
- 8:05yes,
- 8:06that
- 8:06big
- 8:06cattus
- 8:07hatches
- 8:08is
- 8:08here
- 8:09and
- 8:09gone.
- 8:10That,
- 8:10you
- 8:10know,
- 8:10size
- 8:111012
- 8:12black
- 8:12caddis.
- 8:12But
- 8:14skating
- 8:15bugs,
- 8:15you
- 8:15know,
- 8:16skating
- 8:16little
- 8:17surface
- 8:17flies,
- 8:17some
- 8:18CDC
- 8:18emerge
- 8:18or
- 8:18something
- 8:19like
- 8:19that,
- 8:19imitating
- 8:19a
- 8:20moving
- 8:20cattle
- 8:20pup
- 8:20is
- 8:21that
- 8:21it
- 8:21really
- 8:22plays
- 8:22all
- 8:22summer
- 8:23and
- 8:23most
- 8:24of
- 8:24the
- 8:24year
- 8:24and
- 8:26we
- 8:26have
- 8:27PMDs
- 8:28and,
- 8:30and
- 8:30sulfurs
- 8:31and
- 8:33plenty
- 8:33of
- 8:33bluings
- 8:34right
- 8:34around
- 8:34the
- 8:35corner.
- 8:36Well,
- 8:36there
- 8:36you
- 8:36go.
- 8:36And
- 8:37got
- 8:37a
- 8:37question
- 8:37for
- 8:37you
- 8:38from
- 8:38Isaac
- 8:38and
- 8:38he
- 8:38wanted
- 8:39to
- 8:39get
- 8:39your
- 8:39thoughts
- 8:40on
- 8:40the
- 8:41South
- 8:41Holston
- 8:42during
- 8:42low
- 8:42flows.
- 8:43Are
- 8:43you
- 8:43able
- 8:43to
- 8:43float
- 8:44the
- 8:44entire
- 8:44river
- 8:45if
- 8:45you're
- 8:45in
- 8:45a
- 8:45raft?
- 8:49Short
- 8:49answer
- 8:50is
- 8:50no.
- 8:51And
- 8:53you
- 8:54can
- 8:54do
- 8:54certain
- 8:54sections.
- 8:58I'm
- 8:58not
- 8:59sure
- 8:59if
- 8:59that
- 8:59question
- 9:00is,
- 9:01is
- 9:02specific
- 9:02to.
- 9:02Certainly
- 9:03don't
- 9:03try
- 9:03it
- 9:03at
- 9:04night.
- 9:05And
- 9:09you
- 9:09know,
- 9:10the,
- 9:10the
- 9:10one,
- 9:12let's
- 9:13say
- 9:13you're
- 9:13going
- 9:13out
- 9:13at
- 9:13noon,
- 9:14right.
- 9:15They
- 9:16do
- 9:16these
- 9:16hour
- 9:17pushes
- 9:18and
- 9:20what
- 9:21that
- 9:21does
- 9:22is
- 9:23it
- 9:23basically
- 9:24keeps
- 9:24things
- 9:24from
- 9:25fully,
- 9:26fully
- 9:27dropping
- 9:27out.
- 9:27Now
- 9:27when
- 9:28things
- 9:28fully
- 9:28drop
- 9:29out,
- 9:29which
- 9:30takes
- 9:30a
- 9:30couple
- 9:31hours,
- 9:31the
- 9:31way
- 9:31the
- 9:31South
- 9:32Holston
- 9:33is
- 9:34a,
- 9:35a
- 9:35river
- 9:36is
- 9:37a
- 9:37pond
- 9:38fills
- 9:38up
- 9:38below
- 9:39the
- 9:39dam
- 9:39and
- 9:40then
- 9:40it
- 9:40spills
- 9:40over
- 9:40a
- 9:41weir
- 9:41and
- 9:42then
- 9:42it
- 9:42becomes
- 9:42a
- 9:42river.
- 9:44So
- 9:46unlike
- 9:46the
- 9:46Watauga,
- 9:47that
- 9:49water
- 9:49comes
- 9:50out
- 9:50from
- 9:50Wilbur
- 9:51Dam
- 9:53and
- 9:53it
- 9:53is
- 9:54the
- 9:54Watauga
- 9:55river,
- 9:55the
- 9:56South
- 9:56Holston
- 9:57fills
- 9:57up
- 9:57a
- 9:58reservoir
- 9:58first
- 9:59and
- 9:59then
- 9:59it
- 9:59spills.
- 10:01And
- 10:01so
- 10:02you
- 10:02can,
- 10:03you
- 10:04can
- 10:04go
- 10:04up
- 10:04and
- 10:04like
- 10:04watch
- 10:05it
- 10:05fill.
- 10:05If
- 10:05it
- 10:06says
- 10:06that
- 10:06it's
- 10:06releasing
- 10:07at
- 10:078am
- 10:08you
- 10:08can't
- 10:09put
- 10:09a
- 10:09boat
- 10:09in
- 10:10below
- 10:11the
- 10:11grates
- 10:11until
- 10:128.45ish.
- 10:15And
- 10:15that's
- 10:15because
- 10:16it
- 10:16takes
- 10:1645
- 10:17minutes
- 10:17for
- 10:17that
- 10:18pond
- 10:18to
- 10:18fill
- 10:18up
- 10:19and,
- 10:19and
- 10:19really
- 10:20get
- 10:20going
- 10:21to
- 10:21the
- 10:21point
- 10:21where
- 10:22it's,
- 10:22you
- 10:22know,
- 10:23it's
- 10:23now
- 10:23pushing
- 10:24that
- 10:24whatever
- 10:242,200
- 10:25CFs
- 10:26when
- 10:27they're
- 10:27only
- 10:27doing
- 10:27it
- 10:27for
- 10:27an
- 10:28hour,
- 10:30that,
- 10:31that
- 10:31dynamic
- 10:32exists
- 10:33for
- 10:3410
- 10:34or
- 10:3515
- 10:35minutes.
- 10:36And
- 10:37then
- 10:37when
- 10:37it
- 10:37shuts
- 10:38off,
- 10:38it's
- 10:38not
- 10:38this,
- 10:39you
- 10:39know,
- 10:39full
- 10:39drop,
- 10:40it's
- 10:40that
- 10:41same
- 10:41period
- 10:41of
- 10:41time
- 10:43delayed.
- 10:44And
- 10:46so,
- 10:47so
- 10:47when
- 10:47you're
- 10:47getting
- 10:47these
- 10:47hour
- 10:48releases
- 10:48just
- 10:49like,
- 10:50yes,
- 10:51that
- 10:52can
- 10:52help
- 10:52the
- 10:53super,
- 10:53super
- 10:53skinny
- 10:54parts,
- 10:54which
- 10:55most
- 10:55of
- 10:55that
- 10:56river,
- 10:56especially
- 10:57the
- 10:57upper
- 10:57river,
- 11:00if
- 11:00it's
- 11:00been
- 11:01low
- 11:01all
- 11:01day,
- 11:02like,
- 11:02yeah,
- 11:03you
- 11:03can't
- 11:03be.
- 11:06Look,
- 11:08I'm
- 11:09saying
- 11:09this
- 11:09out
- 11:10of
- 11:10safety,
- 11:10really.
- 11:11Like
- 11:11if
- 11:11you
- 11:11have
- 11:11a
- 11:12raft
- 11:12and
- 11:12you
- 11:12have
- 11:13two
- 11:13guys
- 11:13that
- 11:14feel
- 11:14like
- 11:16putting
- 11:17some
- 11:17work
- 11:17in,
- 11:19I'm
- 11:20not
- 11:20going
- 11:20to
- 11:20say
- 11:20it's
- 11:20impossible,
- 11:21but
- 11:22a
- 11:22lot
- 11:22of
- 11:22the
- 11:22places
- 11:23where
- 11:24I
- 11:25would
- 11:25say
- 11:25you
- 11:25can't
- 11:25float
- 11:26through,
- 11:26but
- 11:27you
- 11:27might
- 11:27be
- 11:27able
- 11:27to
- 11:27carry
- 11:28a
- 11:28raft
- 11:28over,
- 11:29you
- 11:30have,
- 11:30you
- 11:30have
- 11:31some
- 11:31good
- 11:31drops
- 11:32on,
- 11:32on
- 11:33either
- 11:33side
- 11:33of
- 11:33boulders
- 11:34and
- 11:36some
- 11:37of
- 11:37these
- 11:37plunge
- 11:37pools
- 11:38that,
- 11:39you
- 11:40know,
- 11:40when
- 11:40the
- 11:40water's
- 11:4055
- 11:41degrees,
- 11:42you
- 11:42really
- 11:42shouldn't
- 11:43be
- 11:43screwing
- 11:43around
- 11:44doing
- 11:44that.
- 11:47You
- 11:47know,
- 11:48it's.
- 11:48Yeah.
- 11:48So
- 11:48not
- 11:49impossible,
- 11:49but
- 11:50definitely
- 11:51far
- 11:51from
- 11:52advised.
- 11:53And
- 11:54I
- 11:54want
- 11:54to
- 11:54be
- 11:55clear,
- 11:55that's
- 11:56coming
- 11:56from
- 11:56someone
- 11:56who
- 11:57has
- 11:57way
- 11:58more
- 11:58than
- 11:58one
- 11:58dent
- 11:58in
- 11:59their
- 11:59boat
- 12:00and
- 12:00who
- 12:00has
- 12:01never
- 12:01taken.
- 12:03You
- 12:03can't
- 12:03do
- 12:03that.
- 12:05At
- 12:05face
- 12:05value.
- 12:06I
- 12:06have
- 12:06figured
- 12:07all
- 12:07of
- 12:07these
- 12:07things
- 12:08out.
- 12:08So
- 12:11yeah,
- 12:11it
- 12:11is
- 12:12possible.
- 12:12It's
- 12:12a
- 12:13complete
- 12:13nightmare
- 12:14in
- 12:14a
- 12:14lot
- 12:14of
- 12:14different
- 12:15places.
- 12:15Yeah.
- 12:16And
- 12:16I
- 12:16would
- 12:16also
- 12:16say
- 12:17it's
- 12:17coming
- 12:17from
- 12:17a
- 12:17guy
- 12:18because
- 12:18I've
- 12:18been
- 12:18with
- 12:18you
- 12:18where
- 12:18we've
- 12:19delivered
- 12:20life
- 12:20jackets
- 12:20to
- 12:21people
- 12:21who
- 12:21made
- 12:21some
- 12:21poor
- 12:22life
- 12:22choices.
- 12:24Yeah.
- 12:24I
- 12:24mean,
- 12:26some
- 12:26people.
- 12:28Well,
- 12:28I
- 12:29can
- 12:29Quote,
- 12:29a
- 12:30regular
- 12:31client
- 12:31of
- 12:31mine,
- 12:33some
- 12:33people
- 12:33shouldn't
- 12:34be
- 12:34allowed
- 12:34out
- 12:34in
- 12:34public.
- 12:36And
- 12:37within
- 12:37that
- 12:37segment,
- 12:38I
- 12:38would
- 12:38say
- 12:38that,
- 12:39yeah,
- 12:39some
- 12:39people
- 12:39shouldn't
- 12:40be
- 12:40rowing
- 12:40boats.
- 12:41Yeah.
- 12:42Well,
- 12:42there
- 12:42you
- 12:42go.
- 12:42Well,
- 12:42you
- 12:42know
- 12:42folks,
- 12:43we
- 12:43love
- 12:43questions
- 12:44on
- 12:44the
- 12:44articulate
- 12:44fly.
- 12:45You
- 12:45can
- 12:45email
- 12:45me
- 12:46or
- 12:46DM
- 12:46me
- 12:47on
- 12:47social
- 12:47media,
- 12:47whatever
- 12:47is
- 12:48easiest
- 12:48for
- 12:48you.
- 12:49If
- 12:49we
- 12:49use
- 12:49your
- 12:49question,
- 12:50I
- 12:50will
- 12:50send
- 12:50you
- 12:50some
- 12:51articulate
- 12:51fly
- 12:51swag
- 12:52and
- 12:52it
- 12:52very
- 12:52well
- 12:53may
- 12:53include
- 12:53a
- 12:54new
- 12:54butcher
- 12:54shop
- 12:54podcast
- 12:56sticker.
- 12:57And
- 12:57when
- 12:57you're
- 12:57drawing
- 12:57for
- 12:58some
- 12:58cool
- 12:58stuff
- 12:58from
- 12:58Ellis
- 12:58at
- 12:59the
- 12:59end
- 12:59of
- 12:59the
- 12:59season
- 12:59and
- 12:59Ellis,
- 13:00before
- 13:00I
- 13:00let
- 13:01you
- 13:01go,
- 13:01you
- 13:01want
- 13:01to
- 13:01let
- 13:01folks
- 13:02know
- 13:02kind
- 13:02of
- 13:03what
- 13:03you
- 13:03got
- 13:03open,
- 13:04how
- 13:04to
- 13:04talk
- 13:05fishing,
- 13:05get
- 13:05on
- 13:05the
- 13:05guidebooks.
- 13:06And
- 13:06since
- 13:07I
- 13:07left
- 13:07you
- 13:07left
- 13:07you
- 13:07off
- 13:08the
- 13:08hook
- 13:08last
- 13:08time
- 13:08on
- 13:09bucktails,
- 13:09I'm
- 13:09going
- 13:09to
- 13:09ask
- 13:10you
- 13:10about
- 13:10bucktails
- 13:11this
- 13:11time.
- 13:12Yes
- 13:12sir.
- 13:14Best
- 13:15way
- 13:15to
- 13:15contact
- 13:16me
- 13:16is
- 13:16my
- 13:16cell
- 13:16phone
- 13:16at
- 13:17513-543-0019.
- 13:21And
- 13:22that's,
- 13:22you
- 13:23know,
- 13:23tying
- 13:24question.
- 13:24I've
- 13:24had
- 13:24people
- 13:25just
- 13:25send
- 13:26me
- 13:26pictures
- 13:26of
- 13:27drunkenness,
- 13:27orderlies
- 13:28or
- 13:28swim
- 13:28bugs
- 13:29asking
- 13:29questions
- 13:29about
- 13:29this
- 13:30that
- 13:30the
- 13:30other
- 13:30like
- 13:31I
- 13:31love
- 13:32I've
- 13:33said
- 13:33this
- 13:33a
- 13:34bunch
- 13:34before,
- 13:34but
- 13:34I'll
- 13:35continue
- 13:35saying
- 13:35it.
- 13:36Tying
- 13:37is
- 13:37how
- 13:38I
- 13:38ended
- 13:39up
- 13:40really
- 13:40falling
- 13:41in
- 13:41love
- 13:41with
- 13:41fishing
- 13:42and
- 13:42and
- 13:43ultimately
- 13:43what
- 13:45brought
- 13:46me
- 13:46into
- 13:47guiding.
- 13:48And
- 13:48I
- 13:48love
- 13:49all
- 13:49three
- 13:49of
- 13:49those
- 13:49things
- 13:50for
- 13:50for
- 13:50different
- 13:51reasons.
- 13:51But
- 13:51tying
- 13:52is
- 13:52a
- 13:52big
- 13:52one.
- 13:53So
- 13:55certainly
- 13:55don't
- 13:55hesitate
- 13:56to
- 13:56reach
- 13:56out
- 13:56on
- 13:57that
- 13:57stuff.
- 13:57And
- 13:57of
- 13:58course
- 13:58book
- 13:58your
- 13:58trips,
- 13:59text
- 14:00or
- 14:00call
- 14:01about
- 14:01that.
- 14:04Decent
- 14:04amount
- 14:04of
- 14:05availability
- 14:05coming
- 14:06up.
- 14:06You
- 14:06know,
- 14:06t
- 14:07typical
- 14:07weekends
- 14:07go
- 14:08first
- 14:08and
- 14:11but
- 14:11yeah,
- 14:12get
- 14:12on
- 14:13the
- 14:13books
- 14:13for
- 14:14gosh,
- 14:14if
- 14:14anyone's
- 14:15listening
- 14:15to
- 14:15this
- 14:15in
- 14:15the
- 14:15area
- 14:16for
- 14:16the
- 14:17next
- 14:17week
- 14:17or
- 14:17two,
- 14:19it
- 14:19is,
- 14:20it's
- 14:20going
- 14:20to
- 14:20be
- 14:20time
- 14:20to
- 14:21go.
- 14:22And
- 14:22then
- 14:22definitely
- 14:23after
- 14:23Memorial
- 14:24Day,
- 14:25Monday
- 14:26through
- 14:26Saturday.
- 14:29Website
- 14:29is
- 14:29zealous
- 14:30sport
- 14:30flies.com
- 14:31you
- 14:31can
- 14:31find
- 14:32your
- 14:32bucktail
- 14:33there.
- 14:33I
- 14:34have
- 14:34a
- 14:34few
- 14:34colors
- 14:35up
- 14:35and
- 14:35gosh,
- 14:36just
- 14:36this
- 14:36olive
- 14:37that
- 14:39has
- 14:39me
- 14:39about
- 14:39to
- 14:40fall
- 14:40over
- 14:40every
- 14:40time
- 14:41I
- 14:41even
- 14:41think
- 14:41about
- 14:41it,
- 14:42let
- 14:42alone
- 14:42see
- 14:42it.
- 14:45I'll
- 14:45have,
- 14:46I'll
- 14:46have
- 14:46a
- 14:46couple
- 14:46more
- 14:47of
- 14:47the
- 14:48the
- 14:49grade
- 14:50a
- 14:50handful
- 14:50more
- 14:51grade
- 14:51ones
- 14:52but
- 14:52twos
- 14:53and
- 14:53threes
- 14:53which
- 14:53are
- 14:54just,
- 14:54you
- 14:55know,
- 14:55tails
- 14:55you
- 14:55can't
- 14:55find
- 14:56in
- 14:56the
- 14:56shop.
- 14:57Some
- 14:58of
- 14:58those
- 14:58are
- 14:58up
- 14:58now.
- 14:59I'll
- 14:59have
- 14:59more
- 14:59up
- 15:00in
- 15:00the
- 15:00next
- 15:00week
- 15:00or
- 15:01two
- 15:02and
- 15:03Instagram
- 15:03@Ellis
- 15:04BoardGuides.
- 15:05Well,
- 15:06there
- 15:06you
- 15:06go.
- 15:06Well
- 15:06folks,
- 15:07as
- 15:07always
- 15:07say
- 15:07yo,
- 15:07it's
- 15:08yourself
- 15:08to
- 15:08get
- 15:08out
- 15:08there
- 15:09and
- 15:09catch
- 15:09a
- 15:09few
- 15:10tight
- 15:10lines
- 15:10everybody.
- 15:11Tight
- 15:12lines,
- 15:12Ellis.
- 15:13Appreciate
- 15:13it,
- 15:13Marv.