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I was lazy. I got up an hour before daylight, but my wife was baking cinnamon rolls. I ain't going no damn where yet.
After gaining three pounds, I headed out across the ridge into the GSMNP. It was cloudy, foggy, drizzley. The creek was a wee bit off color.
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Rigged up my nymph rod with a pair of heavy flies weighted with tungsten beads and lead wire, and added a split shot for good measure.
Caught a bazillion of these:
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But, they weren't the flavor of the day...
The browns were on the prod. I caught them right and left, from littluns to bigguns. The biggest one I got into the net was right at 18", but I hung one way bigger that just picked my shit up and toted it off. It got out into the whitewater current, and I couldn't follow it downstream without swimming through a 10' deep hole. It parted my 4x tippet like thread when I tried to clamp down on it.
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After the sun came out about 1 PM, I headed upstream and rigged the dry fly rod with an October Caddis. Fun was had. Bunch more bows, one 9 1/2" brown, and a few specks.
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On the way out, I met this guy. Bugling every fifth breath, and growling the other four. Strings of snot and foam hanging from his nose. I gave him a wide berth.
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All in all, a pretty good morning.
Hell yes!
Damn fine. :Dance
Buns for the win. :bow
Brown-heavy TRs get me all wet.
All of that was more than ok!
Very nice, I wish I was closer to the park. I miss fishing those creeks, but you bring us along on your days. d:b
Damn what a day.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Got after it. d:b
Pretty fish,sir 'c; 'c; Nice photos also-------THX for sharing
Damn. You suck. /'/
What a day! Mighty fine, Yaller.
That creek looks awesome. I'd spend the whole day there as well!
That moose didn't sound healthy!!
Quote from: JoyJen on September 26, 2020, 11:21:00 AMThat creek looks awesome. I'd spend the whole day there as well!
That moose didn't sound healthy!!
That's an eastern pronghorn antelope, not a moose (easily confused with each other,) and it's quite healthy, just rutted out and on the prod wanting to fight and fuck. It was mauling a spambot the last I saw of it.
Quote from: JoyJen on September 26, 2020, 11:21:00 AMThat creek looks awesome. I'd spend the whole day there as well!
That moose didn't sound healthy!!
Where are you from JoyJen? It does look a bit like a European Elg, (often called Moose in Europe)
If it's flying off with a goat, it's a Golden.
Quote from: Yallerhammer on September 28, 2020, 17:15:46 PMQuote from: JoyJen on September 26, 2020, 11:21:00 AMThat creek looks awesome. I'd spend the whole day there as well!
That moose didn't sound healthy!!
That's an eastern pronghorn antelope, not a moose (easily confused with each other,) and it's quite healthy, just rutted out and on the prod wanting to fight and fuck. It was mauling a spambot the last I saw of it.
Lol I'm jrunk... is this a troll, bc it's a good urn