Jeff Samsel Fishing

Rain is falling steadily outside my North Georgia home, as it did most of yesterday and is forecast to do all of today and part of tomorrow....

My most recent blog post spoke of upcoming back-to-back-to-back photo trips, and right now I should be between rounds 1 and 2. However, exte...

It rained here yesterday. Somewhat significantly, even. Normally that wouldn't be noteworthy. We get quite a bit of rain in North Ge...

It's not that I prefer awful weather. I like 75 degrees and sunshine as much as the next guy. However, I cannot deny that I find a str...

The USGS stream gauge date map shows black and blue dots all over Southern Appalachia (and across much of the South, East Coast and Upper Mi...

Rain was hitting the tent when we woke up this morning. It' raining outside our hotel room tonight. In between, well, it mostly rained...

The rain began a little after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. I remember because Asher and I were at the Little League fields, anticipating...

Something cool that Asher and I noted a few times during the Rebel Trout Trek and that thankfully never changed is that we fished almost e...

Today's trout outing with Asher began well, with a cool sidetrip to Upper Whitewater Falls and a few hours of catching trout and explo...

Asher and I seem to pick our pond days to coincide with the days when afternoon rains materialize. The last three times we've launched...

A steady soaker punctuated by big bolts if lighting kept Nathaniel, Asher and me from fishing our way back through the Smoky Mountains on ou...

OK. It doesn't rhyme like "bring May flowers." Still, I'm convinced that all the wonderful rain we had during April (which...

Being just home from a week on the road, it's hard to not think about the rain that's pounding on my tin office roof and how thankfu...

I'll keep this week's tip short because the photo says it all. The 40-degree high and 100 percent chance of rain in today's fo...

This afternoon's pond outing was short. Between the onset of the cool rain showers and other plans for the day, a single quick lap aro...

The rain didn't last long yesterday afternoon, but it certainly was refreshing. My littlest ones spent 10 minutes or so just running in ...