Cumberland Plateau-Land of Falling Water

[RolandDeschain]

A few more waterfalls located here in Mid Tennessee.

Great Falls of the Caney Fork

Twin Falls on the Caney. (comes out of caves)

Upper Burgess Falls (Falling Water River)
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Middle Burgess Falls
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Lower Burgess Falls
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Fall Creek Falls (Tallest falls in the eastern United States)

A series of cascades on the Duck RIver - collectively known as Big Falls.

Little Duck River - Same hike - near convergence with Duck River.

Savage Creek Falls - in Savage Gulf.

Old Still site on Savage Creek - probably one of Number 9s relatives.

Savage Falls

Blue Hole on the Caney Fork

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That's all for now.

 

[don44]

Thanks! Very neat falls and creeks.

 

[gunman42782]

Beautiful!

 

[WendyZXZ]

Very nice!

 

[Wheelyfun44]

Aaaaggghhh. Thanks.

 

[stevemb]

Very nice pics ! Thank You.

 

[Rumrunner]

Thanks for sharing some great photos.

 

[jeffnles1]

Beautiful.

You really need to get a fly rod, some #6 or #8 yellow poppers or some orange and black streamers and catch some of the smallmouth bass I'm sure are lurking just below the surface of those beautiful streams.

Jeff

 

[john guedry]

Very nice. Thank you.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

Now THAT is some beautiful country! And I bet there are some brown trout and smallmouths hidin' in there someplace, too!

 

[jeffnles1]

Now THAT is some beautiful country! And I bet there are some brown trout and smallmouths hidin' in there someplace, too!

It is beautiful country.

In the part of the state where these were taken, I'd assume smallmouth, pumpkinseeds, green sunfish, maybe some white bass and crappie.

With winter setting in, it's almost more than I can stand looking at these pictures knowing it's going to be almost 6 months before I dust off my fly rods again.

 

[RolandDeschain]

Now THAT is some beautiful country! And I bet there are some brown trout and smallmouths hidin' in there someplace, too!

It is beautiful country.

In the part of the state where these were taken, I'd assume smallmouth, pumpkinseeds, green sunfish, maybe some white bass and crappie.

With winter setting in, it's almost more than I can stand looking at these pictures knowing it's going to be almost 6 months before I dust off my fly rods again.

Hey Jeff -The waters of the Cumberland are some of the finest and most varied fishing in North America. (a big reason I moved here to retire) The area produced both the world record smallmouth AND the world record walleye, and fishing for both is still really good today. In addition many of these streams support native run Musky, HUGE record class striped bass, and with so many tailwater fisheries, the trout fishing is outstanding as well.

Here is a website for an outfitter here, TN Moving Waters - that covers these streams. Tons of pics of trophy smallies, musky's, stripers, brown, rainbows, etc..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tn-Moving-Waters-Guide-Service/623529114339721

I really need to start fishing these streams more, but have only been a few times. Mainly thats because I live near Percy Priest lake, so whenever I get the urge to go fishing I usually am in my boat chasing crappie and bass. Stream fishing is on the list for early next spring though.

 

[gunsbam69]

Thanks for taking the time to post all these pics and info. THAT is some fine looking country :!:

 

[jeffnles1]

Nice looking boat and lake. With those streams so close, you need go get out there more.

I'm not a huge fan of tailwater trout fishing. I do it some at Cumberland and below Brookville Dam in Indiana. My true love is fishing for bass (smallmouth, largemouth, Kentucky) and sunfish (pumpkin seed, red eye, green sunfish, bluegill, long ear, etc) in the streams. A few decent streams here in northern Kentucky / South East Indiana all within an hour drive. One of my favorites (Gunpowder creek) is about 15 minutes from here and is full of smallmouth and sunfish (on the small side as it is a very small stream).

A fly rod, a box full of poppers and woolly buggers and a warm spring/summer day are all that's needed to make everything right in the universe.

checked out the guide's facebook page, some very nice fish! some really nice striped bass and a few of those smallmouth were very nice.