Fishing Report: Cumberland River Week of 08-15-10 through 08-21-10

Rain, Rain, and More Rain!

 Lots of rain to the Cumberland River Area this past week. Fish were starting to float belly up past Burkesville, so were quite grateful to the rain. Except for the point that the TVA is now generating around 6,500 Cubes! During the day!! Why not during night? We may never know...In life Ive found that the only constant, is well...change(and taxes of course). Yet perhaps we all know, things simply can not stay perfect forever. After 3 months of low generations fall has finally started to creap up on us. The leaves are starting to turn crisp, and the days are growing shorter and shorter. Daily temperatures, are slowly starting to drop, and soon fish will begin feeding at times other than early in the morning and late of the evening. Autumn is coming fast to the Cumberland valley, and it won't be long until it is here. If it wasn't for the unpredictability of the TVA, Fall would be our favorite season of the year. Fall means big territorial brown trout. But, We are talking about the Cumberland River, and we all know how that is...As long as we do not recieve any sudden, heavy rainfalls, things will be great this season. We are praying for possibly weekly light, to moderate showers. None of that noahs ark, B.S. that weve been getting all year.
So my advice!
Get the fast action 6 weights, and super stiff 8's. Grease up the sinking tip, and full sinking lines. Dig out the 4-7.5 0x-2x leaders, and lets do this!
Streamer season is about on us!