[Al]

Friday afternoon brought intermittent light rain. I thought it had passed through so decided to give the lower section of the Smith River a try. As I was pulling on my waders it started raining again but I was dressed for it so headed down over the bank and into the water. The rain increased but I was committed so pressed on and caught an even dozen before arriving at a good "get out" point. The fish were about half rainbows and half brown trout. One of the browns was a half inch shy of 16 inches, a personal best for me so far this season. I fear for the longevity of that nice brown because he was in the stocked section of the river and the next fisherman who catches him will probably place him on a stinger.

Saturday morning I woke to the crash of thunder and the pitter patter of serious rain on my cabin's aluminum roof. After about an hour it passed and I headed for Papa's Pizza parking lot where I was to link up with a fellow coming from Charlotte NC to fish with me for the day. Due to adverse driving conditions he arrived a little late, but nevertheless, we were on the water of the Special Regulation section by 9:30. The water was a little stained but fishable. My friend from Charlotte was a very competent fly caster and soon adapted to my technique of nymph fishing. He had heard all the stories about how difficult the Smith can be to fish, but lady luck was with us this day. Between the two of us we tripled my count from the day before. Needless to say, he was pleased and plans many more return trips.

Fly of choice was the allieworm. Initially on Saturday morning we were in fairly deep water so hung the allieworm about 2 feet below a yarn strike indicator. As we progressed toward our predetermined exit point, the water became shallower so we changed the distance to about a foot.

Some of you may recognize my friend who is a member of this board. Can you believe it - he uses two rods at one time. Is that legal?

[Devinsdad]

LaTrucha.... you devil nice lookin fishes glad you had a good urn....

[FlyChamps]

You just never know what Fernando will do

[old_man]

Legal?? Not sure. In NC it is not, I think.

[La_Trucha]

Hey, y'all know me, I got two big hands! LOL! Actually, Al and I had a double so he let me hold his rod with the fish.
Al, I own you one. I had a great day of fishing with you and plan to visit again as soon as my work allows me. Folks, this gentleman schooled me big time. I got 6 fish, he got 25, not counting the LDR's and the small fish he got. He really knows what he is doing.
And his cabin, boy ohhhhh boy!!!! It is a dream!!!!!!
I wanted to write this report as soon as I got home but was not able to get online until now. Actually, I logged from work just to write it and I am glad Al started it. Al, again, Thanks for the fishing, the lesson and the good company.

[troutphisher]

Sounds like you guys had a great day