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!
Traded sleep for a first light hike up the canyon before the heat rolled in. The wild trout were tucked deep under the boulders and log jams in the plunge pools. Brought a 6' and an 11' rod to handle the tight canopy and dappled shadows. Incredible morning in the high country.
Alarm at 3:30. Pick up friend. Stream at 7. Bike 5 miles up a closed gravel road until the stream leaves the road. And fish up from there. We were well within a slam water but I had no idea what was coming. Enjoy. Big brown was in a thigh deep hole waiting for a black jig streamer. Definitely a brook trout eater! Great bag of mixed species
And some beautiful brookies. Water was 60-62.8
Nice cool water temps at elevation despite the heat wave which I was glad to see. Took a bit of effort but definitely worth it!
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Skinny water but willing fish. No RGCTs 🙁
Skinny water but willing fish. No RGCTs 🙁
I’m from Massachusetts and am looking for a lighter setup for brook trout, what do you guys recommend?
Stoked to get my first brown. Only a few streams in SoCal hold them so I had to venture a little further than normal, but so worth it. Beautiful fish!
And I love days like this. Must have pulled in over 20 fish and just over 2 hours. Most of them were 8 to 10 in. Some were significantly smaller. But I don't care as long as they're biting. These wild Red band rainbows are sure strong for their size.
Spotting and catching a cute brook trout. I spotted without the camera underwater. But I wanted to show my wife to help her learn. We took turns trying to catch it 16 hours after spotting it and I caught it. She was shocked it was in the exact same place.
Morel mushrooms were a nice surprise
Finished up the F.E. Thomas “Fairy” taper build and took it fishing. It didn’t disappoint.
Feels weird being in a place you’ve seen on tv your whole life
Found some nice brookies in my little stream. But always something crazy happening to me out there. Few week prior I had a fawn follow me upstream. Unfortunately on this one I found a raccoon being eaten alive by flies and could barely stand up and decided to put it down. During that trip I also lost my favorite flashlight in the brush or stream. Even went back with a metal detector and couldn’t find it. Hoping I can find it in the winter when the plants die (if it still works). Walked the stream until I found this sign and a pond that was behind some properties. Didn’t realize there was houses up that far upstream. Someone left this note on a private property sign.
Last couple times at this stream just gotten one brookie each along with some chubs, but the last one is a nice size for this stream. No crazy animal encounters these times. Though with my luck I’ll run into a bear out there next trip