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Trout Fishing
BWOs are generally small mayflies that come off sporadically throughout the day and are a fun dry fly to fish during the cooler parts of the year. Characterized by their olive body and bluish wings, they are loved by trout. They’re effective when a hatch is occurring, but remember to use subsurface flies if no…
HAPPY SECOND TROUT SEASON! The Georgia “delayed harvest” (DH) trout season starts November 1st. After the long, hot, and dry summer we just experienced, it is like having another “opening day.” It gives us the perfect excuse (as if we really needed one) to enjoy the beautiful fall colors while practicing “catch and release” trout…
Explosive strikes are what you have to look forward to when fishing a Wooly Bugger. My favorite style of fishing streamers is to cast downstream and at an angle toward the bank. This sets your fly up for what I call a “dead-and-dodging” retrieve – by quickly stripping in the line you are essentially imitating…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temps: Mid-50s Kyle Burrell of River Through Atlanta Guide Service said that Lanier is starting to turn over so the water coming out of Buford Dam is a little off-color. But, he reported that the fishing has been good and that there has been a lot of surface activity, including terrestrials which…
Recipe: Hook: TMC 100 (Sizes 12-22) Butt: Red Thread or Dubbing Thorax: Yellow Dry Fly Dubbing Wing: Elk Hair Legs/Hackle: Yellow Dry Fly Hackle Fishing Tips When the small golden stoneflies are still coming off, tie on a Yellow Sally, choose a riser, and try to make a delicate presentation! More often than not, if…
Stocked Streams Because of extreme heat in August, the Lake Burton hatchery had to send their trout to either the Buford hatchery or stock them in the few streams that are still cold enough. “With these heavy recent stockings, there are still lots of trout that can be caught! For example, the Tallulah River in…
Admittedly, I’m not the world’s greatest conversationalist. If we were all movie characters, and the average person’s discourse is in line with a Quentin Tarantino flick, my dialogue would compare to that of Star Wars a la George Lucas. Because of this, I have always been forced to rely on stories in order to seem…
I find that as I’m out on the water or anywhere that fly fishing might come up in conversation, I’m consistently running across people who have a lot of incorrect assumptions about my favorite pasttime. And it just so happens that there’s just not really a whole heck of a lot to write about regarding…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temp: Mid 50s Phil Sharpe of Fly Box Outfitters in Kennesaw said that he and some clients have had good luck with wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hare’s ears and pheasant tails. “Buford Dam is only generating two to three hours each night, so the water is low,” Phil said. He suggests more…
The summer of 2006 is turning out to be extremely hot and unusually dry…. not exactly the kind of weather conditions that one dreams about for trout fishing. But, the hotter the air temperature, the better trout fishing becomes on north Georgia’s Lake Burton. In fact, because trout fishing can really heat up on Lake…
Trout Recipes
Eel Sauce One of my favorite restaurants has a dish I can’t resist, an Asian-inspired fried shrimp that is amped up with eel sauce and sweet chili sauce. Eel sauce is a sweet and salty sauce that is traditionally used in Japanese cuisine In my ignorance, I asked the chef where he got eels to…
Twelve-year-old Bryson McGlynn, of Opelika, Ala., was once again crowned a champion for his age-defying culinary skills. Last December, McGlynn won the Gordon Ramsay Master Chef Junior competition, which aired on Fox in May. Last weekend, McGlynn was crowned champion of the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) Wild Game Cook-Off State Finals held in Millbrook, Ala.…
Crab-Stuffed Shrimp The dish that caused the judging to go into overtime at the 2024 AWF Wildgame Cookoff was a crab-stuffed shrimp dish prepared by the Hog Heaven team of Hartselle. Jody Wynn said he used 9-12 count (number of shrimp per pound) white shrimp to prepare the dish. 1 pound blue crab claw meat…