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#21
Local Trip Reports / Re: Smith-Continued
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 23, 2024, 12:21:32 PM
Quote from: Dougfish on March 22, 2024, 19:24:11 PMWork to be done.

I told you to bring a saw!


#24 -- 27 Overcast and high 40s to low 50s

On the road in I spied trouts being dumped off the bridge and a caravan of vehicles following the truck. Don't know if they were assisting or waiting to jump in a catch a few.

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Wow, "Doesn't anybody work anymore?', that what I asked the guy who was gearing up, he's from Pittsboro, NC and has fished the river a few time before. The train crew pulled in and they swapped out with the guys in the train that had just pulled in. In the lot was a truck (Howard & Howard), Doug's yota, The Pittsboro guys suv, my honda and a Tesla? WFT? First time I've seen a tesla fishing vehicle. Doug said that he/they were Trout Bros. I don't know, never saw them close up.

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I hightailed it down the path but when I reached the Lefty pool I saw three anglers down at the Trestle pool, I back tracked and jumped in below turtle creek, I euroed up nothing and switched to a soft hackle swung up a few and had a dozen tickle the fly. A few bugs were coming off so I switched to a dry and got a few to rise and hooked up with a nice 10t incher, I took a photo and it turned out like this:

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Obviously I mashed the wrong button and went into selfie mode.

By this time "Pittsboro" had moved into the LH pool and I was going on down to see if I could locate Doug as it was approaching beer thirty. Just after the pool, where I pick up cell signal, I got a call from my son and we had a nice 25 minute conversation, looks like he's staying in Utah for a while as he pursues a PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah.

Contiuing of down saw some Bluebells, May Apples, and Dutchman's Breetches popping out.

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Back to catching I swung up a couple more at Big Pine and then headed down to the trestle pool for the gathering of the river geezers, shooting shit about life and basketball and stuff.

Then on to catch a few more...

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Doug, Howard, and Howard, left and  I fished on for  while, then the sky darkened and it started to rain, I began the hike out, stopping at Sally's where I got two fish to rise to a dry, but missed both of them.

Somebody, maybe Tesla Boy, left a White River net on the bench. I didn't bring it out as I figured it would get snagged quickly and left it there for the owner to recover.

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#22
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited confederate (or ...
Last post by trout-r-us - March 22, 2024, 20:34:41 PM
Quote from: Onslow on March 21, 2024, 20:59:11 PM
Quote from: trout-r-us on March 21, 2024, 07:36:41 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 20, 2024, 08:44:15 AMNorth Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb



All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

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Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.

My oh my. Such hatred. So much for good ol' southern hospitality.🤣🤣
George Clooney born in Kentucky, therefore not technically a yankee.
#23
Local Trip Reports / Re: Smith-Continued
Last post by Dougfish - March 22, 2024, 19:24:11 PM
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Its been a hell of a year.
We bought a smaller/grow old in it house. Sold the big one.
Moved 4200 sg ft and two car garage into 2400 sq ft with no garage.
Dug, and in the process of moving hundreds of prized plants.
And it's Spring. Which means I'm extra busy at work.

And I have not fished in 2024. WTF!?!?

That got corrected today.

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Harold and Harold were in the lot getting suited up.
A Tesla pulled in and the bro started suiting up.
OK.

H & H & I walked in and I peeled off upstream of them.
Swung up 4.

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The woods are coming alive.

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Moved on down and watched the guys work the lower reaches.
Drank the first stream beer of the year.
They backed off to warm their feet and I dove in to swing up a couple more.

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Went back to the bench, had lunch.
Then committed to switch to the Euro rig and headed down.
Scores came quickly.

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I ended up back at the bench.
Keith had joined H & H. We shot the shit for a while and then split up.

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Fearless leader.

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Work to be done.

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I still know how to fish.
The song remains the same.

:cheers


#24
The Gravel Bar / Re: Lyme disease
Last post by driver - March 22, 2024, 17:12:32 PM
https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/25046/61201/sicktick-leg-bands

you can make your own, just find some fabric to put around your leg soak it in permethrin, let it dry. That all this product is.

don't get permethrin on your skin, shit causes cancer.
#25
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited confederate (or ...
Last post by Ronbo - March 22, 2024, 11:48:36 AM
I don't frequent this thread, so I honestly did not know the content.  I was actually expecting to view an old cemetary or war artifact. History is and will always be ugly yet appealing at the same time.
#26
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited confederate (or ...
Last post by Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 - March 22, 2024, 09:32:25 AM
Quote from: Onslow on March 21, 2024, 20:59:11 PM
Quote from: trout-r-us on March 21, 2024, 07:36:41 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 20, 2024, 08:44:15 AMNorth Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb





All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

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Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.

The t shirt is hilarious, but I would not wear it here in my ridges and hollows.  It would definitely stir the natives.

Damn, I had to look up Joy B!  She was certainly unfamiliar.  Now that I know who she is, I would conclude that any dude that is aware of her should have his man card revoked for at least a year.  Who watches The View?  Or better yet, what man watches The View?

It is damned easy to hate.  I made a pact when I retired, I would not loathe or hate any individual or group ever again.  Indifference, yes, but hate, no.  In the last 8 years I've been tested often and even crossed the distaining line several times.  In this world's climate it ain't easy remaining upbeat and even keeled.
#27
The Gravel Bar / Re: Movie Thread.
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 22, 2024, 08:38:29 AM
#28
The Gravel Bar / Re: Lyme disease
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 22, 2024, 08:22:01 AM
#29
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited confederate (or ...
Last post by Onslow - March 21, 2024, 20:59:11 PM
Quote from: trout-r-us on March 21, 2024, 07:36:41 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 20, 2024, 08:44:15 AMNorth Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb



All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

You cannot view this attachment.

Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.
#30
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited confederate (or ...
Last post by trout-r-us - March 21, 2024, 07:36:41 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 20, 2024, 08:44:15 AMNorth Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb



All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

You cannot view this attachment.