A day in the NC Mountains

[WRector]

First off I would like to say thanks for all the information that you all provided, but due to the reports of heavy crowds up at SMSP, after the recent stocking, I decided to head further west and try my hand on some DH waters.  A fairly slow start provided some fast action once I got into the rhythm of things, after having not been on the river in quite some time.  Was hoping to take some fish on dry, but the wind gusting at 15-20 made it quite difficult.

After catching a few nice sized fish consisting of bows and brookies in the 12 to 14 inch range, I headed down to a hole my buddy told me about and hooked up with a very nice suprise on a brown woolly.  The 20 inch bow is by far the biggest fish I have ever landed on the fly rod and provided about 5 min. of drag screaming and hard pulling on my 4 wt.  My first trip to the NC mountains definitely surpassed my expectations.   

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[anothertroutbum]

Sounds to me like you were in trout paradise. Good for you! 0--0

[troutphisher]

Nice fish !

I really like the western NC mountains, some of the prettiest water around.

[Woolly Bugger]

good deal, why to bust your NC cherry!

[troutrus]

Very nice fish.  0--0
Glad you had a good day.