About
Who We Are
Striper on Fly is a Chattanooga-based fly fishing journal dedicated to the pursuit of landlocked striped bass on Tennessee's TVA reservoirs and rivers — and wherever else these fish take us.
Our Story
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We started Striper on Fly because the landlocked striper fisheries of East Tennessee deserve more attention than they get. Our home water — Chickamauga Lake, the Tennessee River tailwater, and the chain of TVA reservoirs stretching north from Chattanooga — is world-class. We want to share it.
This isn't a gear review site or a how-to manual. It's a journal. Real fishing, real conditions, real fish (or real misses). We write about what we know because we've spent time on this water learning it the hard way.
Our Waters
The TVA reservoir system stretching through East Tennessee is our primary focus. Here's where we spend most of our time.
Chickamauga Lake
Our home water. A 36,000-acre TVA reservoir just north of Chattanooga, stocked annually with landlocked stripers by TWRA. Best fall blitz fishing in the region.
Tennessee River Tailwater
Below Chickamauga Dam, cold oxygenated water creates year-round striper habitat. The generation schedule drives everything — and the bite below the dam can be extraordinary.
Watts Bar Lake
North of Chickamauga, Watts Bar holds fat stripers on a rich baitfish forage base. Spring surface action on this lake is some of the best in East Tennessee.
Norris Lake
Crystal clear and deep, Norris is the technical challenge of the circuit. The fall blitz here is legendary — and you can sight-fish stripers in ways impossible on other Tennessee impoundments.
Cherokee Lake
Long and narrow like a true river, Cherokee concentrates fish and makes them findable. An underrated gem in the upper Holston drainage.
Dale Hollow
The crown jewel. Straddling the Tennessee-Kentucky line, Dale Hollow produces trophy stripers every fall. 40-pound-plus fish are a real possibility here.
Our Mission
We want more people to discover striper fly fishing — especially in Tennessee, where world-class landlocked fisheries are hiding in plain sight.
That means writing honestly about what works and what doesn't. Sharing the spots (within reason). Explaining the techniques for fly anglers who come from trout backgrounds and aren't sure how to approach a big reservoir or a tailwater. Celebrating the fish themselves — fast, powerful, and wildly underrated as a fly rod quarry.
We believe in releasing fish, fishing with respect for other anglers and the resource, and supporting TWRA's stocking and management programs that make this fishery possible.
Get in Touch
Questions, tips, trip reports, or just want to talk striper fishing? Find us here: