The big browns are in prespawn mode on the South Holston River, feeding heavily during small windows throughout the day. While good numbers of fish can be caught almost anywhere on the South Holston, River, our biggest fish are being caught on low water floats in the middle or lower sections of the SoHo.
Fabulous dry fly fishing is starting around 3 PMeveryday. Sulfurs, craneflies, blue duns, blue winged olives, and midges are coming off in hordes and the fish are readily rising. It is perhaps the best dry fly activity we have seen all year.
The giant browns are still being caught subsurface on scud, midge, and mayfly patterns. By early December most of the big fish will escape to closed sections of the river for the spawn. This is your last chance to sight fish to big pods of lake run brown trout until next May... don't miss out.
Some patterns top use right now on the south Holston River are gray scud, sulfur emerger, blue dun dry fly and sculpins.
This report provided by Justin Shroyer of the Trophy Water Guide Service.