Ultimate Fly-Fishing Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains

Don Kirk has written about fishing and the outdoors for over four decades. Currently he is editor of “IS Outdoors,” a digital magazine. He has hosted weekly outdoors talk radio shows on Sirius/XM and Voice America. Kirk currently resides in Montevallo, Alabama.Greg Ward is a lifelong resident of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. A hunting and fishing guide in the Smoky Mountains since his teens, he owns and operates Rocky Top Outfitters in the Forge. Ward is a well-known expert on Smoky Mountains fly-fishing.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSmoky Mountains Trout and BassSmoky Mountains Angling: A Historical OverviewAbout Those CreeksWhere to Find Fish and WhyCasting Tactics and Gear TipsWeather, Seasons, and Other FactorsStream Insects and Feathery DeceiversPondering Caddis FliesTerrestrials: Too Important to OverlookGreg’s Deadly Dozen and How to Use ThemBen Craig: Master Fly Tyer of the SmokiesRay Ball: The Last Mountain ManBases of Operations, Guides, and Fly ShopsMiddle Prong of the Little Pigeon River SystemWest Prong of the Little Pigeon River SystemLittle River SystemAbrams Creek SystemTwentymile Creek SystemEagle Creek SystemHazel Creek SystemForney Creek SystemNoland Creek SystemDeep Creek SystemOconaluftee River SystemCataloochee Creek SystemBig Creek SystemMinor Streams of the SmokiesFontana and the Finger LakesFly-Fishing Gatlinburg According to WardPigeon Forge/Sevierville: Fly-Fishing for World-Class Stream SmallmouthCherokee Indian Reservation Public Trout FishingIndexAbout the Authors