Kevin, Chuck, and I took a day trip out to western North Carolina to do a little fly fishing for some trout in a delayed harvest stretch! The weather was pretty overcast and gloomy, but we had an absolutely awesome time with some tremendous fishing!
Here's a few pics from the day!
Well, we weren't expecting it that day, but were lucky enough to get there right as the state was stocking the river! Pretty cool how they drive a ATV around the woods to spread out the stocking!
Chuck is already laughing at me and my camera!
Kevin, getting his gear out!
I guess I was a little pumped, I was dressed and ready to fish before Kevin even had his sneakers off! haha
A quick little group shot before we head to the river!
No camping, delayed harvest area, lots of trout!
Kevin, our friendly fly fishing guide!
A nice, lush green hike to the river...
Beautiful river!
Very scenic...
Nice shot of Kevin getting ready to wet a line...gin clear water!
And a nice shot upstream in the stretch we fished
Do you see what I see?!?!
My first North Carolina trout, a nice brookie!
And another...
Chuck joins in on the fun, he had an absolute blast!
And another brookie...
And another nice one...
And another...good times!
And another, lot of fun!
And another, skinny little guy...
Then I saw a nicer one swimming along and actually saw it suck in a leaf and spit it back out thinking it was a bug? Either way, I could tell it wanted something bigger, so I tied on a wooly bugger, gave it a toss, and landed that very fish on my first cast...awesome!
Then a little while later, Kevin made his way upstream and hooked into a really good one...this fish ran him down to his backing!
The fight is on!
Kevin, making his way over to my side of the shore...
Calm as can be...but he knew it was a good one all along!
Kevin's biggest NC trout with the flyrod to date, a beauty of a rainbow! Glad I could be there to share the experience with him, awesome!
A little while later, we started to move upstream in search of some more fish...and came across this nice stretch.
Where I landed this nice brown trout!
And further upstream, there was this beautiful pool, definitely some fish in there!
Another shot from down the bank...
And a little father/son shot with Chuck and Kevin!
Chuck didn't take long to get into a few fish, he was on fire!
And I caught another nice brookie...
And another brookie...
And then landed this nice one, Kevin was nice enough to come over and snap a quick pic! We fished this pool for awhile and caught a few more and then made our way back to the trucks...
A little texture fun back near the truck...
Closer...
And as we drove out, I jumped out of the truck to get a few shots of the river...beautiful, scenic, big boulders, totally awesome!
Another shot of the river...
And one final shot of the river before heading on home!
Back at Jan's place, Chuck broke out a surprise jacket! He was actually one of the original members of the Black Knight Bowbenders in Jackson, NJ before they moved down to North Carolina!
Totally awesome! BKB style!
And he was a pretty good shooter too!
Black Knight Bowbenders of Jackson, NJ!
Well that's all for my second day in North Carolina! An awesome time with some old friends, and a few fish landed to make it that much better!
Can't wait to head back down and spend a few days fishing that river, one day just wasn't enough!
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