Daily Report

On Sunday we had cooler conditions with a mix of sun and clouds with the temperature reached into the 50's. Sunday night the release from the dam was increased to 1000cfs and Pineville gauge is around 1440cfs. We currently have dropbacks scattered throughout the river from top to bottom which is normal for this time of year. Over the weekend we did get some reports from anglers of smallmouth bass being landed in the lower end of the river.  Whether your in a drift boat or walking the banks, covering as much water as possible is generally the key to success this time of year.   For those anglers who are fly fishing, several different techniques can be effective right now, whether it's dead drifting, swinging streamers with sink tips or indicator fishing with egg patterns, they all produce results. For those anglers who are bottom bouncing or float fishing, egg sacs, beads or pink worms have all produced results depending on the day. 

Shop hours:

Monday - Saturday 7:00AM - 6:00PM.

Sunday 7:00AM - 5:00PM.

Suggested patterns:

Eggs: Steak-N-Eggs, Estaz eggs, steelie omelet, glo-bugs, sucker spawn.

Streamers: Crystal buggers, woolly buggers, zonkers, bunny leeches, egg sucking leeches.

Nymphs: Prince nymphs, copper john's, pheasant tails, wiggle stones, steelhead hammer, beadhead stones, rubber legged stones.