How I Spent My Morning

[NCHillbilly]

Went out for awhile to one of my favorite creeks in the Smokies.





The water was quite low and clear, but there were still fish to be had.

I caught a bunch of these:



Some of these:



And one of these:





I saw some cool stuff:







It came up a big thunderstorm, and I went home.

The end.

 

[The Original Rooster]

Wish I was up there today too! Too hot here to do much except water Mrs. Wendy's flowers and my fig trees.

 

[trad bow]

First thing I would do if I was there would be just to lay down in that creek and wash this dag dum heat off me. Then I would fish and hope I could have half the success you have.

 

[XIronheadX]

One heck of a short story. I enjoyed it.

 

[whitetailfreak]

That's a good morning for sure and a dandy Brown to boot. He looks like a torpedo.

 

[NCHillbilly]

That's a good morning for sure and a dandy Brown to boot. He looks like a torpedo.

Yeah, he was somewhere in the mid-teens. That big tail is like a Mercury outboard in fast water. Put up a heckuva fight on a 3-weight.

 

[kmckinnie]

well just dang ! Show off. ?

 

[Cmp1]

Nice brown,those little guys were about the size of perch I got last week,yours are prettier,,,,

 

[whitetailfreak]

Yeah, he was somewhere in the mid-teens. That big tail is like a Mercury outboard in fast water. Put up a heckuva fight on a 3-weight.

Did he eat the dry or nymph?

 

[NCHillbilly]

Did he eat the dry or nymph?

Big black rubber-legged stonefly nymph. In a deep, swift hole under a big boulder. I lost a nice rainbow about 14" too that jumped like a Polaris missile and spit my fly back at me. Good crop of healthy solid rainbows this year, the best I've seen in a couple decades.

 

[Sixes]

Beauties

 

[Cmp1]

Big black rubber-legged stonefly nymph. In a deep, swift hole under a big boulder. I lost a nice rainbow about 14" too that jumped like a Polaris missile and spit my fly back at me. Good crop of healthy solid rainbows this year, the best I've seen in a couple decades.

@NCHillbilly
I have a question,,,,you know I don't know how to fly fish,,,,how do you keep your fly in the hole? Just keep casting too it and letting it float by?

 

[Nicodemus]

Fine way to spend the day.

 

[Gator89]

Looks like more fun than edging the sidewalk and street curb on a corner lot.

 

[Tight Lines]

Great pics. I'm going to have to drive up there some weekend...

 

[NCHillbilly]

@NCHillbilly
I have a question,,,,you know I don't know how to fly fish,,,,how do you keep your fly in the hole? Just keep casting too it and letting it float by?

I'm moving upstream constantly. If they're gonna hit that fly, they're usually going to smack it the first drift or two through a hole, pocket, or run. I'll cover several miles of creek in a day's fishing. The key with trout is a natural drag-free presentation. With a dry fly or nymph, if it isn't moving drag-free at the same speed as the current, they're not going to hit it, and may flee under a rock. With a streamer, that goes out the window.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Looks like more fun than edging the sidewalk and street curb on a corner lot.

Yes. It was.

 

[swamp10]

Very nice.
I fished one of my favorite streams ,on n.c. side, a couple of days ago.
Didn't see a soul in the four hours I was there.
Similar results except my brown was about half the size of yours.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Very nice.
I fished one of my favorite streams ,on n.c. side, a couple of days ago.
Didn't see a soul in the four hours I was there.
Similar results except my brown was about half the size of yours.

Nice!

 

[Buckstop]

That looks like a fine morning! Can’t imagine anything better to be doing than that.