Black Mountain Directory

Water Level: 300.15 | Water Temperature: 72.9˚ Weather: 66˚ | Rain Showers | Winds: 3 mph 1. Striped Bass: Best fishing near the dam and around Buoy 2 to 4 with trolling Cordell Redfins and Hopkins spoons producing. Target early morning and late even...

Time flies! What a bizarre summer we've been having. In late June we were starring down the barrel of a low-water doom and gloom season. But as always mother nature threw us a curve ball. We've had an unusually wet and cool summer. It's the first we...

Most of you know that I collect vintage fishing tackle and lures. One of those pieces was a new in box Shakespear fly reel made of magnesium - I kept it on a shelf for display but I got to thinking that think might be fun to fish!  So I began searc...

In this video Simon ties a great versatile dropper that can be ran below buoyant dry flies across the country. He sought out to develop an attractor style pattern that can mimic a wide range of aquatic foods while also … Continue reading →

Hogust came early this year. We had a trip in late July where over a dozen tyees were caught with more than ten of those coming in just two days. Talk about a hog tide. The big fish have been coming through consistently with a lucky angler or two lan...