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Started by Woolly Bugger, December 26, 2011, 22:48:54 PM

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Troutphisher called last night, wanted hit the tailwaters. I didn't like the generation schedule, as I'd have to get up real early to make a day of it. I told him I'd be there if I got up in the morning. Well the alarm went off at 5 and I was out the door at 20 after. Four hours of sleep, yawn.

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Grandfather  Mountain silhouetted by sunrise

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High Country Dawn

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burrr chill

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High Country Christmas decorations

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Roan Mountain reflection

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low gas prices in TN

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Hit the river @ 8:02, wasn't the first one there, but close, things iced up pretty quickly

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The winter sun slowly began to warm things up.

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nyphing for rainbows and

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browns

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another deer dump

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Troutphisher tying on a BWO dry

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for the next several hours the trout were rising to bows and sulphurs and we has a blast catching them on the surface, it wasn't exactly Donkey Kong, but a good number of fish came to hand

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a little stream side refreshment, before

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the long drive home
ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

OldDominionAngler

Saving the best of year for last...

bd;0 bd;0 bd;0 bd;0 bd;0 bd;0


tomato can


benben reincarnated

getting it done, big time, major league suckage. 



Jfey

Nice work.   I love the moment in the morning when you can feel the sun starting to warm things up.  'c;
Yup, going fishing

Holmes


Stone-Man

Keith,

  Nice report---- Nice trout
Thanks for the share

  JT

Rod Champion

way to go guys... that one hen was still plump? We have been catching a lot of brown hens still full.
Thanks keith
Rod + Matt Champion
Fly Shop/ Guide Service
Located ON the S. Holston River
423-878-2822

troutphisher

A little late in the reply, fished the last two weeks, and just got back to the land of the dead.....

The Soho, was as always very fun to fish, but this trip was extra special.
We started the day nymphing and picked up a few in the runs and seams, then we moved up river around the generation and headed to spot that provides some fun dry fishing, this time of year you can almost count on the bwo hatch, but I would not have counted on a sulphur hatch, and the fish attacking the flies.

I saw several fish come completely out of the water, some even did somersault's missing the fly on the attempt, but chasing it down on a second swipe.

I changed flies between the sulphurs size 18 and bwo size 18 and had a blast most of the afternoon.
The hard part was targeting a specific rise and staying with it until the fish took the fly. the fish wanted a long drag free drift, or in  some cases, a little jitter and skipping of the fly, and they would strike it with reckless abondon....


I never grow tied of fishing this river, where else can you fish drys to rising trout the last days of December, with friends and good beer for the break.......

Thanks again for the brew woowe.....thats a tasty one.....
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Ham