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Fly Fishing Reports => Local Trip Reports => Topic started by: BrookieHunter on July 11, 2017, 16:11:44 PM

Title: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: BrookieHunter on July 11, 2017, 16:11:44 PM
When an unexpected day of fishing opened up Monday I planned on making the most of it with another early start. At 6am I could have never guessed how much of a blessing the onslought of tourists plus one little black bear was going to be to my success later in the day.

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The original plan was to start fishing where I left off last year and spend all day on this beautiful brook trout stream.
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plenty of these guys.
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Something had dinner here last night.
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After five hours it was time for a break, this is when my plans started changing. Sitting on a rock eating lunch I heard a twig snap behind me in the rhodo.

Thinking it was a squirrel I turned to look and was looking at a young black bear about ten feet away that didn't seem to know I was sitting there. Standing

up and yelling at him seemed to work as he went crashing through the undergrowth on his way up the steep bank but he didn't go far before slowing down

and looking to see what had just yelled at him. With food in my backpack and a bear looking for a snack I decided I'd just hike back out, ride over the

mountain and finish the day on some roadside tourist attraction creeks, it was a Monday there shouldn't be that many people. When I got back to civilization

it looked like the fourth of July with people every where they could possibly park. So I headed down a long ass dirt road far enough that those tourists would

start getting a little scared. Stopped at a bridge over a pretty unimpressive creek and tried my luck.

First fish to hand.
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Caught a few standard issue brookies and then this tank ate the hell out of my dry fly.
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Called it a day and went looking for a cold beer.  0:0

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Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Onslow on July 11, 2017, 16:34:11 PM
Still haven't seen a bear yet, or a rattlesnake.

I miss my butta, but your butter works for now.
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Dee-Vo on July 11, 2017, 17:13:24 PM
I've only encountered one bear. A big one. Always makes things interesting.

Nice brown on the dry!
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Dougfish on July 11, 2017, 17:30:40 PM
Sweet fish all around!

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Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: DRIFTS on July 12, 2017, 03:09:11 AM
 0:0
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Big J on July 12, 2017, 08:03:32 AM
Same here, yet to encounter a bear or timber rattler while actually fishing.  If it was a small one, you could of wrestled it if it tried getting your food.

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Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: troutfanatic on July 12, 2017, 09:29:13 AM
It's a shame that was two different cricks. I'd say it was a tigger target. Nice chunky brookies tho.
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: BrookieHunter on July 12, 2017, 09:59:49 AM
Quote from: troutfanatic on July 12, 2017, 09:29:13 AM
It's a shame that was two different cricks. I'd say it was a tigger target. Nice chunky brookies tho.

Second creek had both species, might be a tigger in there somewhere. 8)
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Yallerhammer on July 12, 2017, 11:30:21 AM
Hell yeah, looks like a fine day. Certainly no better way to spend a Monday.
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Phil on July 12, 2017, 14:12:47 PM
Brookies and browns. Most excellent.  Fine looking brookie creek, too.  'c;
Don't worry about the bears. Henheheh.....
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 12, 2017, 17:32:33 PM
Seen several bears way down Abrams Creek and close to the camp down there. Also saw one way up on Curtis Creek. Saw one big assed rattler in Stone Mt Sp crawling up the embankment along the dirt road below Garden Creek!


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Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: Dee-Vo on July 12, 2017, 21:10:37 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 12, 2017, 17:32:33 PM
Seen several bears way down Abrams Creek and close to the camp down there. Also saw one way up on Curtis Creek. Saw one big assed rattler in Stone Mt Sp crawling up the embankment along the dirt road below Garden Creek!


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Best area to find bears and rattlers. For reelz.
Title: Re: Damn Tourists!!
Post by: joe friday on July 17, 2017, 07:39:54 AM
Awesome Day!

No picture of the bear? d:b