Mission Accomplished (tR)

Started by Dee-Vo, May 10, 2016, 16:49:17 PM

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This creek.....a creek that I've thought about for several years. A creek that is highly off-limits. A creek that has gotten many charged with trespassing. A creek that, at last, I hiked into, and explored. This creek is one steep piece of water. Literally falling off the face of a mountain, this endeavor required careful work. Up top, this stream begins around 2800' and once it meets the flat land it lies at a meager 1500'.

Visions of brookies have danced through my mind over and over when pouring over maps. Today was the day to make it happen.


Somewhat of a bleak welcome.

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Let there be light!

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Everywhere I go. Turkeys.

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Caught right many. For the record, my hand is 8" from the tip of my middle finger down to the base of my palm.


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Tons of these millipedes reside around the creek. I've never seen so many.

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Plenty of creek beauty shots.

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One dangerous tree. This thing is probably 100' tall. Spooky as hell.

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As I reached this 40'-50' fall my shoulder was spent. My next trip in will begin here and continue.

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No pencil-necks. Most of these brookies were thick. In the large pool at the base of the falls I lost what felt like a beast. Never seen it. These brookies were killing the small streamer.

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Honestly, I thought I was done after a rock under my right foot gave way into this hole. Within the blink of an eye I had fallen through. One leg dangled down into the hole, and my left leg bent to where my knee was hitting my chin. Could've been very bad.

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Located a path on my trek out. Ascending will be a piece of cake next trip.

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My elaborate exit strategy:

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The stream really was what I had wished for. Nice sized natives and some real remoteness. I had some time to kill upon departing.....why not go for bronze? Drove 25 minutes and landed on an old favorite. Within 20 minutes I had nailed a redbreast, a rock bass, two stockers, and a healthy smallmouth. What more can you ask for in a day?

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Finishing off with some south of the border flava....

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Peace, fellas.


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You're welcome.


Note: Paying the 99 cents to remove Photobucket ads is the best move I've made in a while. Helped immensely.




Onslow

The creek looks much better down low than up high.  Glad you got into some stout brookies.

Dougfish

Bringing the goods!  -+;

You and the bossman share a similar work/fish schedule, BTW.

Not poo pooing the nice fish, but is their color off because the stream is off color so often?
I have some streams that produce uniquely brilliant fish because of the mineral/nutrient content.
Is the reverse happening here?

Again. 'c;  And glad you did not receive any paper.
"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
 Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? "
Kelly's Heroes,1970

"I don't wanna go to hell,
But if I do,
It'll be 'cause of you..."
Strange Desire, The Black Keys, 2006

Dee-Vo

The first fish I caught got my attention. Pale in color, indeed. I've fished other waters that produce similarly colored fish. The water had a funny tint.

Onslow

Some damned fine pools on this creek, Jason.  There has got to be some 12" plus fish in there. 

Dee-Vo

My feelings also. I wish I could've just seen the one that pounded my fly at the falls. That fish was a badass.

JD

Awesome TR! Copperhead Rd plays in my head in situations like that haha. I feel like everyone knows where this is. There was a creek I looked at on maps when I lived in NC, that I never fished that matches this description. It looks like like it was worth it.  'c;

swervinmervin


Yallerhammer

 'c;  'c; Well done. Damn nice specks, too! And nice smallmouths also.

BTW, next time you see one of those millipedes, pick it up and shake it in your hand, then sniff it. They smell like maraschino cherries. Disclaimer: millipede sniffing can be addictive and lead to dependence.  ;D
Women want me, doughbellies fear me. - Little Debbie Prostaff

Dee-Vo

Millipede -- You may not believe it, but as I squatted with my camera and got close to the creature I could actually see some type of gaseous vapor around it in the air. I wondered if it was emitting a defensive odor as I never smelled it. Very cool.

Dee-Vo

Vultures -- The "wake" of vultures posing in the first picture prompted my further researching their behavior. A few months ago I seen one in the top of a tree with it's wings spread. The critters evidently do this to warm themselves and also to kill parasites on their bodies from eating dead things. They actually prefer more "fresh" dead things.

Yallerhammer

They line up like that on the fence posts on the ridgetop across from my house pretty often early in the morning. When the sky is red behind them, it looks like a Molly Hatchet album cover.
Women want me, doughbellies fear me. - Little Debbie Prostaff

Woolly Bugger

Only the bird I've seen doing that on a regular basis are cormorants
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Double-crested_Cormorant/id


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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!

Dee-Vo

Definitely were not cormorants.

Yallerhammer

Yep, cormorants do it too. With buzzards, it's usually early on cool mornings.
Women want me, doughbellies fear me. - Little Debbie Prostaff