Musky fly championship in TN.

[Ruffells]

http://www.muskychampionship.com/

Just throwing this out there for anyone that likes to catch the muskeies on the fly. I saw it on SCOF and thought I'd share.

[MidTNKayakAngler]

Yep, the World Championships right here in the State of Tennessee. Who would have thunk

[airbornemike]

Ahhh the Musky Country tenicles are far reaching, my buddy was up in Hayward for the fall bash and had a blast, came in second I think.

Looks like fun wish I could make it.

[flflash]

I had to look and see, I did'nt realize they had Muskie's in Tn. Cool!

[Phish]

Wished I could go to that!

[MidTNKayakAngler]

A very good Muskie fishery, but a lot of the locals are not well educated and see them as threats. Then the other locals use live bait rigged wrong, and end up killing fish attempting to catch them, or they don't use the right gear and do harm to the fish. I think they have been stocking them since the 70's but recently the word is getting out. They are in a fairly isolated area, not state wide, and the main bodies of water are huge fisheries.

I haven't personally fished for them, but know a guy who does, we are supposed to go with him to learn how to properly catch, handle, and release the fish without being harmed (us or the fish).

[Peter E.]

I have to say that that would be about 18 kinds of ballin'! I am definitely putting TN Musky on my list of things to do.

[MidTNKayakAngler]

Jackson Kayak Fishing Team member James Mcbeath takes the crown as World Champion Muskie Fly Angler.

http://jacksonkayak.com/blog/2012/03/27/jackson-coosa-and-james-wins-world-musky-fly-fishing-championship/



It's a pricy tournament for some. Anglers escaped unharmed.

[Peter E.]

What in God's name were they doing to get that result? And nice Musky!

[MidTNKayakAngler]

What in God's name were they doing to get that result? And nice Musky!

My guess is not paying attention, and not familiar with the river.