Gary signed us up for a 4 hour fly fishing trip.
We met our guide in Cherokee and followed him
into the Great Smokey Mountains
We arrive at the fishing spot and our guide Johnny gets us geared up
If the fishing spots were easy to find you wouldn't need a guide!
Nice spot!
Gary you can see has done this before
Meanwhile I wait for Johnny to put another fly on after I lost the first one in a tree
We walk along the road to 3 different spots.
I got a bite at each one but was unable to snag it
Gary did catch one but I was too far away to get a shot - catch and release
In spite of not catching anything, and fishing in a 10 min. downpour, I was finally getting the hang of casting. We went a half hour beyond our 7 pm finish time so we headed home when it was getting dark
Our license is good for 10 days so the next day we head to Cataloochee Valley to try our luck there.
It is a very winding mountain road
Join us for a spell!
Nice view for a building lot but it's pretty much as straight drop down
Tucson is excited to go fishing
Get some practice in
Not much luck, the creek is running pretty fast and still a lot to get snagged on.
We pack it in and go Elk hunting instead.
My first shot is in the campground.
We move up the road to where there is an open field. There are a couple cows on the far side
I don't think they know what to think of these double humans walking by
I cross over the bridge to see if there is a trail on the other side but it is a dead end
We move to the other side of the field and park - Gary hears whistling, so I walk over to where the school is and there is a short trail to the field. I spot these guys off in the distance, I just missed a Bull go up the hill
We head back out towards the entry where there is one last field.
Just before it by the Church, we spot a Mother and her calf.
Dinner time!
Such a good boy!
The field next door has more
and last but not least on the way out
I like fishing and hunting!
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