u/SnacksMackenzie

Great day chasing wild fish way up into a tributary in the Smokies. Some beautiful Southern strain Brook Trout, a funky Rainbow and a nice Brown on the day.

Great day chasing fish up a tributary. Lots of beautiful Southern strain Brook Trout, a funky Rainbow and a nice Brown.

Caught a PB wild brown near the headwaters of a tributary of a tributary. Only fish of the evening.
Really cool to see this tiny, Helene-damaged stream produce some big old fish (for WNC standards).

Caught a PB wild brown near the headwaters of a tributary of a tributary. Only fish of the evening - had like 7 fish break off, including a hefty brook trout :(

Really cool to see this tiny, Helene-damaged stream produce some big old fish.

Deep in the woods, WNC. 2-3” across.

First 30+ fish day! Got the Slam a few times over plus some nicely sized Rainbows

First 30+ fish day! Caught multiples of our three wild trout species, with some nicely sized Rainbows

A beautiful, albeit difficult, day fishing in WNC for Southern Appalachian Brook Trout. Lots of rain lately has flows way up, and my gamble on a 2.5mi vertical hike into an upper tributary did not pay off after arriving to impassable conditions. Was able to get one nicely sized brookie on a lower tributary, ate lunch, and immediately turned around lol. Will have to try again some day for that higher elevation trib!

Crawling around tiny creeks searching for native Southern-strain Brookies. Just doesn’t get better.

Deep into a tributary of a tributary in search of true Southern strain Appalachian Brook Trout and landed a PB, along with some nice Browns. Lots of intermittent rain so I tied on a foam beetle and it was the ticket.

Deep into a tributary of a tributary in search of true Southern strain Appalachian Brook Trout and landed a PB, along with some nice Browns. Lots of intermittent rain so I tied on a foam beetle and it was the ticket.

Second wild slam this year out of my favorite river, plus some free concessions

Great morning chasing wild fish in the Smokies. Lots of beautiful Southern Appalachian Brook Trout and a pig of a Rainbow. Been a second since I’ve heard drag peel off while bluelining!

Great morning chasing wild fish in the Smokies. Lots of beautiful Southern Appalachian Brook Trout and a pig of a Rainbow. Been a second since I’ve heard drag peel off while bluelining!

Great day pursuing wild native Southern Appalachian Brook Trout. Awesome variation in appearance for all being caught within a mile or so of eachother. All caught on dries. Tough to beat and forever grateful this is in my backyard.

Great day pursuing wild native Southern Appalachian Brook Trout. Awesome variation in appearance for all being caught within a mile or so of eachother. All caught on dries. Tough to beat