Well this should be all for the Catch up game. The truckee is looking good and in shape and I'll be back in the hood with my rod chasing troutses again.
Like I had mentioned in a previous post I had all the hopes in the world of hitting the French Broad near Asheville North Caroliney for smallies. Unfortunately for the 8 days I was there it ended up being blown out the entire time. To put it in the words of a nice fella who I talked to at Davidson river outfitters "The French Broad? Well that'd be a waste of a day right now." I decided to take his word for it a took a couple of trips to some of the smaller water (the North Mills river) and had a great time catching little brookies in some beautiful country. It didn't take much wading to get away from the crowds and there were giant golden stoneflies all over the place. My biggest problem was that my stonefly patterns generally have a wide hook gape and these smaller fish really couldn't get it in their mouths. But it served as a good lead fly and I caught a good number of fish on pheasant tail, caddis and smaller stonefly attractor patterns.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Catch-up #3: North Carolina
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Out east. I like to see westerners heading down my way. The Davidsons always the river people fish down here but for those in the know, other out of the way streams and rivers are where it is at. If you want bigger water next time try the chattooga. Is be glad to show u a few holes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I drove by the davidson and just didn't feel like dealing with the crowds... even if it meant bigger fish.
ReplyDeleteif I'm ever out that way again (which I'm sure I will be) I'll definitely take you up on the chattooga
cheers
The North Mills is one of my favorites. I have family in Hendersonville and get out to fish it a couple times a year.
ReplyDeleteNice Blog, if you're ever going to NC again holler at me. If you're around the New River, that's the best place to get into some Smallie's.
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