Despite the rain last week I managed to get out on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday I woke up and check the USGS stream flow data and was a bit disappointed that many of the streams looked as if they would be blown out. I decided to head over to the smokies and fish up high. After driving out there and ariving at the trail head I realized that I had left my knee brace at home. The stream I had planned to fish was 3 miles in one way. I reluctantly decided that I should make other plans not having the brace. I probably could have done it but didn't want to risk it being solo, nor was I looking forward to the pain I would have been in with out the brace. I went with plan B, it was still a remote section of the park and required some hiking but nothing to the degree of my first option. To be honest with you it just felt great to get out.
The stream was expectedly high and fishing proved difficult. I caught a few rainbows but the water was tough fishing. I kept moving upstream and eventually approached water that was running high but clear. I ended up catching a fair number of rainbows, two brookies and an unexpected brown.
The following day I went hiking with the family. I wish I had brought some rods, but it was good to get out and revisit a watershed and trail I haven't been on in a while.
The pictures and video are from both days. I recommend watching in HD. I am still trying to get this video thing down, the fishing keeps getting in the way....
Trying to figure out Vimeo, but the quality is better. You can try to view the HD here
http://vimeo.com/7322292?hd=1
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