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Nice. love a happy ending

Exercise more, eat less and fish every opportunity I have.

Also, hope to retire before end of 2016 which will free up a lot more fishing time.

Looks like a great trip!

Nice fish!

Some of its spots are bigger than a couple of the brookies I caught this week.

Congrats.

a few more pics

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Guys, thanks for all the suggestions and well wishes. We had a great trip. Hiked up to 23. What wonderful water. In fact, after the rains and thunderstorm all night Monday and much of the morning...

Just made reservations at 23! Will give a full report.

Everybody, thanks. I'll have to get my trail maps out and start planning it out. I have one of those waterproof Nat Geo trail maps plus my handheld GPS has topo for the Smoky Mtn area.

This is...

Thanks. I have a trail map and will check into this.

We'll be going Monday through Wednesday so hopefully miss a lot of the weekend traffic.

Fishing is on the agenda but mainly I want to...

NDuncan,
Thanks. Will check out the reservation site when I get home from work tonight.

Quick question on good campsites. If you don't want to post here can you send any suggestions you may...

Guys,
First time to the Smokey's this year. Work has been crazy.

My son will be returning to University of Kentucky for his sophomore year at the end of August and we'd like to do some hiking,...

I tie a lot of flies more as a hobby than anything and love to fish the flies I tie.

However, I honestly think I could catch just as many fish with a very few flies:

Trout:
Adams - 12, 14,...

That may depend on how many people show up to break through the gates.:smile:

Let's not forget that the hosts of this forum are Byron and his beautiful bride Paula. This mess has to be impacting the business of Little River Outfitters in a negative way. Let's be respectful...

A few years back, I hooked a pretty decent bass on a crank bait. The rear treble was in his lip. When I was trying to get it out, the bass shook his head and then I had a lure with one set of hooks...

9' 4wt Winston BIIt.

If you like a medium to slow action rod (my favorite action type) you really should cast a Winston BIIt and a Scott G2. Expensive? yes but casting them is a joy. Scott G2 9' 5wt is the favorite rod...

I can't comment on any of the other guides since I haven't used them. I did hire Ian the first time my son and I fished the park several years ago. He was great with my son and didn't seem to have...

The past 2 summers, I've been working a LOT of hours with little vacation time being able to be had in summer months due to project schedules. It has severely cut my fishing locally and just about...

Glad you guys are getting out!

Jeff

Been there / done that. Unfortunately, I'm rarely lucky enough for one of my fishing partners to actually see me land the fish much less see the fish strike. :smile:

Jef

:D

Ducky,
I wasn't trying to say anyone should accept it. Far from what i was trying to say. I was trying to say we need to be vigilant to ensure the park stays open. Given the toxic atmosphere...

Given the toxic climate in Washington these days and the Administration seeking the most visible and painful ways to cut the budgets, we're lucky the NPS didn't simply say "we don't have enough...

Let's not even talk about how many guitars I own. In fact, I'm not even sure my loving wife knows how many guitars I own (and I hope to keep it that way). Fortunately, she really doesn't care as...

Madison,
Thanks!

I started taking photos of the ducks and geese after about an hour fishing with nothing to show for it.

The stream and lake are warm water (bass, bluegill, crappie) and the...