Anyone tryed Boone or S. Holston Lately?

I'm looking forward to the float-n-fly this year, is the water temp getting close yet?

Heard the temps are in the mid to upper 40s on holston.

fnf is on, but had more luck tightlining the fly tipped with a minnow

I've been to boone three times in the last 2 weeks and couldn't get a bite on the bobber or a tight lined duck feather fly at all. My only bites have come on a jig or a jerkbait. The water is between 41 - 44 degrees and what fish I've caught have been cold and slow to say the least. I've not tryed any minnows, but I'm sure they couldn't hurt. I just hate sticking my hand in a bucket of bait when it's 20 degrees out! Has anyone else caught anything? I've not been to Holston, but I heard they had been catching some fish.

I've had more luck fishing banks on boone with large limestone boulders rather than the steep bluffs where the fnf is traditionally fished, I never go without the minnows either. good luck