[BurlyShirley]

And I think we had a pretty good time. We fished in and around Pisgah, which Ive never been to, so it was a good experience, plus I learned where to find fish and a bunch of old men clad in gortex. Biggins, i think, ended up catching 8 trout, and me, well, I caught only ONE, but it was the first fish of the day, so **** it.

Here are some pictures, I think biggins has one or two himself.

 

[BurlyShirley]

And, a couple more...look at the MONSTER I caught! The bigger One was caught by Ben.

 

[zod]

Good stuff, I'll have to join ya'll sometime

 

[biggins]

word it was a good time. we need to do that again

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

If you take pictures of the fish how are you going to make up stories?

 

[Mr Tiles]

Looks like a great time.

 

[binary visions]

< grammar nazi >
Actually, Burly, "Biggins and I" went flyfishing on Saturday...
< /grammar nazi >

 

[BigMike]

< grammar nazi >
Actually, Burly, "Biggins and I" went flyfishing on Saturday...
< /grammar nazi >

I'm glad you said it, because I clicked on this thread with those exact intentions!

 

[valve bouncer]

Call them fish.....pffft, shame to take 'em away from their mothers.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Call them fish.....pffft, shame to take 'em away from their mothers.

Out here, the Wildlife Officers would throw you in the can for taking fishies that small.......

-S.S.-

 

[biggins]

we didnt keep those fish! neither of us really eat much fish so what would be the point?

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

we didnt keep those fish! neither of us really eat much fish so what would be the point?

Well judging by the pictures you had enough for like 1 or 2 Sushi rolls

 

[SkaredShtles]

we didnt keep those fish! neither of us really eat much fish so what would be the point?

Actually out here we wouldn't even have considered those having "caught" a fish.

-S.S.-

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Actually out here we wouldn't even have considered those having "caught" a fish.

-S.S.-

They were probably scared of the big fish swimming around and were looking for protection

 

[me89]

were you guys on the davidson? and dont feel bad i caught one that wasnt even as long of my hand. but it looks like you guys had fun. its a good river to fish on a good day you can pull some 20-25 inch trout out of that river with no prob. its a good producing river.

 

[biggins]

we did east fork of the french broad and the davidson.

 

[biggins]

Actually out here we wouldn't even have considered those having "caught" a fish.

-S.S.-

speaking of fishing.......or would you be trolling?

 

[SkaredShtles]

speaking of fishing.......or would you be trolling?

Isn't it the same?

-S.S.-

 

[zod]

Only those who fish this part of the Apps can understand and appreciate catching NC trout regardless of the size. Trout here are illusive, big trout are rare, going all day without catching a fish at all is typical. Here it's more like a hunt than getting to pull out catches all day long so even the smallest trout feels like an accomplishment. In 10+ years I have only caught a few trout big enough to keep (granted I don't fish the big streams).

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> Trout here are illusive<snip>

Does this mean that they actually don't exist, but seem to?

-S.S.-

 

[zod]

Yes, they're like the Loch Ness Monster

 

[DRB]

Yes, they're like the Loch Ness Monster

Give me Tree fiddy.

 

[Kornphlake]

I know a few places where you could catch and release 2 dozen trout half that size in about an hour. I don't like to eat fish so I think it's a hoot to go out and catch itty bitty fish all day long, sure beats sitting around waiting for a big one to bite. It's a good way to get kids into fishing too, if they can catch a fish on the second or third cast they just might keep fishing all day.

 

[biggins]

i have definately had a 20 plus fish day on the davidson as well as the east fork

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

i have definately had a 20 plus fish day on the davidson as well as the east fork

I had 3 fish in my riding shorts from wading across N Mills river. How hard can it be?

 

[narlus]

we aren't talking about trouser minnows here...

 

[biggins]

bwahahahahahaha. how many fish did ya pull out of that monster puddle on brown mountain?

 

[BurlyShirley]

Amazing. People actually knocking others for not catching big enough fish. I love RM.
It pretty much just goes to show how little people understand about flyfishing for trout at all.

 

[biggins]

Amazing. People actually knocking others for not catching big enough fish. I love RM.
It pretty much just goes to show how little people understand about flyfishing for trout at all.

its not necessarily the size or number of fisah caught its the experience as a whole. hell just the fact that burly and myself actually got along all day without talkin politics and drowning each other in the river was a good experience.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

bwahahahahahaha. how many fish did ya pull out of that monster puddle on brown mountain?

Ugh... none, but there was this funky smell all the way back to FL.

Amazing. People actually knocking others for not catching big enough fish. I love RM.
It pretty much just goes to show how little people understand about flyfishing for trout at all.

Please you could say your favorite color was blue on RM, and people will argue with you.

Trolling for trouble and porn is what the internet is for anyway, right?

 

[B_A_MTBIKER]

Flyfishing is definitely about the experience, the fact that you guys went out and actually did something fun as friends and got away from computers, people, and things that are out of the ordinary gets my support, no matter how many or how big of fish you caught. Speaking of this makes me want to grab my flyrod and head up to the river right now, in fact I think I will this evening. Thanks for the idea fellas.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Yes, they're like the Loch Ness Monster

Only apparently much, much smaller.

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

its not necessarily the size or number of fisah caught its the experience as a whole. <snip>

Yeah, maybe if you're fly fishing in mountains..........

-S.S.-

 

[Skookum]

My grandpa used to make his own fly's.... i just don't get fishing. That is of course if i get hungry, but then i'll just go to the local chowder house.
Not tryin to be a dick but them trout are pretty dinky though, must be a higher mountain river/creek?
............
Meh fishing.... ride across rivers and scare the trout.... that's more fun!

 

[valve bouncer]

Amazing. People actually knocking others for not catching big enough fish. I love RM.
It pretty much just goes to show how little people understand about flyfishing for trout at all.

Didn't mean to hurt your feelings Shirl, didn't realise you were such a delicate petal.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Not tryin to be a dick but them trout are pretty dinky though, must be a higher mountain river/creek?

They were just freshly stocked fish for the most part. We saw ALOT of bigger ones but there were so many people out fishing that we didnt stand a chance of catching anything big. Just too many freaks out on the water.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Didn't mean to hurt your feelings Shirl, didn't realise you were such a delicate petal.

Consider yourself learnt.
You dont bust on the size of a guys' trout, unless you catch one bigger yourself. This is common knowledge.

 

[RideND]

You want a real experience come up north and try some ice fishing. We don't have trout streams here but I would love to learn to fly-fish one day.

 

[BurlyShirley]

You want a real experience come up north and try some ice fishing. We don't have trout streams here but I would love to learn to fly-fish one day.

Ive done some Ice fishing. All I can say is that it was cold and not terribly exciting or fun. In fact, I was pretty miserable, and we ended up catching like 10 stupid ass little perch all day. This was in wisconsing BTW. They have some trout streams up north, just do a google search. Take a flyfishing class from your local trout unlimited chapter. Its all good.

 

[Greyhound]

Good job, guys!!! While I spend the majority of my time these days saltwater flyfishing, my learning experiences flyfishing were spent in the NC mountains trying to stalk some of those elusive puppies(and trying to untangle leader from rhododendrons)! Thing about NC mountain flyfishing, is that everything is so incredibly tight, and the high mountain streams are so narrow and clear, that in order to get your line out to the fish, you have to be not only a great and imaginative caster, but you also have to be a stealthy hunter to boot. Don't let the rest of the masses talk smack about the size.....we've got plenty of big fish up there, and they don't have the unique pleasure of living in a state where you can catch a mountain trout, hop in the car for a few hours and catch a sea trout!! Tight lines, yo!