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- Thread starter NCHillbilly
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Good writing. I have the same thoughts about my beloved swamps and waterways of South central and Southwest Georgia.
Snowdawg
Member
We used to have a couple of spots in N GA where we could find those little brookies. Now only once every 2-3 years we happen upon one. We have to go to Colorado to get our fix now.
Randall
Senior Member
Thanks for posting. Been wanting to go back there for a while. Been about 25 years. Was home of my ancestors as well.
Thank you Steve!! Love your posts and pics!!!
Burdawg
Member
Long time lurker here...this post made me join up, to thank the OP for the well written post. I guess we can all identify with "special waters" that offer soul healing peace in our mad world. It reminded me that I don't have to be in Wyoming to get my fix and to be more thankful for my "home waters".
Welcome, and looking forward to hearing some of your stories!
Dan DeBord
Senior Member
One of the best post I have read on Gon .
hopper
Senior Member
Great post Buddy. Wish I had roots like that. Always been drawn to the water. Every were I lived as a kid the creeks soon became my highways and trails. I get out as often as I can were I can.
Beautiful post Man.
Beautiful post Man.
fish hawk
Bass Master
Wow man the colors on those fish.
Aren't they something? If there's anything on earth prettier than a little native speckled trout, I don't know what it is.
Never caught one. Let's you and me and Chris take a road trip and do some field research.
Twist my arm.
615groundpounder
Senior Member
All around Great post! I need to get back to the mountains more.
whitetailfreak
Senior Member
I went back and re-read this perfectly worded description of the connection between these mountains, The Cherokee and by the late 1700's the first White pioneering families in the Smoky Mountains. Like NCH my ancestry runs deep in these mountains and his words really hit home. In one of the most isolated valleys in the Smokies I can catch native Speckle Trout within sight of my grandfather's childhood homeplace with nothing but a stone chimney now standing. I'll often stray from the creek and climb a mountain to visit kinfolk resting in an unkept primitive cemetery that once sat above the Church where now only forest exists. It's spiritual, it's emotional, and on these trips the trout are a bit of an afterthought. I for one especially appreciated this post and this forum is a better place because of NCH's writings. I hope he returns.
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Well said!
Triple C
Senior Member
Yep. One of the most soulful posts I've ever read on this forum.
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