James caught several under the bridge
Partridge and Orange dropper
Black Leach lead fly
I caught several doubles…fun
Category Archives: Fishing
Fishing the Elk River
James and Josh
Caught a lot of these little guys
Sorry about the raindrop on the lens
But it rained a lot
We caught a lot of fish but I didn’t take many pictures…too many fish to worry with and not very many of any size. The fun scale was out the top though.
Peace
Jim
Cure for the bad air quality
A good day fishing.
I caught 5 or 6 doubles. All on Partridge and Orange and Jims ‘no nothin’ fly.
Today was one of those fishing days that doesn’t come along very often. We caught so many Brook Trout that we got tired of catching them. I stopped counting at 30. Mostly small but a few keepers (we didn’t keep any).
We kept watching a muskrat ferrying limbs and leaves from across the river to his home under that log to the right of the picture. The leaves in the middle of the picture are being pushed along.
May 18, 2012
I saw on channel five news website this morning that the first air quality alert for this year has been issued. So I began to think about what I could do about that. And I came up with a solution. Go Fishing.
Instead of contributing to the nasty ozone levels, I think this afternoon I’ll go breathe in some of this air.
Peace
Jim
May 3, 2012
Back home and fishing the Elk River. Only caught two little brookies but it was fun. I love the way the warm air and the cold water makes the fog roll up the river.
May 2, 2012
Fishing in the Smokies is a lot of fun with a lot of neat scenery…and for me a lot of frustration and no fish. I tried a lot of flies and I even tried to sneak up on them.
This was by far the best catch of the day, any day actually 
Peace
Jim
Another day of fishing
Went by the Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing shop today to see what the locals were fishing with. I bought a couple of flies that I already had but they were a little different. Looks like the book on fishing the Smokies was fairly accurate. I wonder why the fish don’t read that book?
These fish have to eat sometime….
We left fishing in time to go to Cades Cove.
Didn’t catch any fish but enjoyed some pretty scenery.
April 30, 2012
Started out the day driving from Cherokee NC over the mountain toward Gatlinburg. We stopped at the Chimney Tops picnic area to hop the rocks in the stream. I decided to fish some…didn’t catch anything but it was fun.
Lunch by the Little River
Smoky Mountain clear water stream fishing is a lot different than what I’m used to…hopefully I can figure this out before we leave.
Tomorrow I’ll try a different stream and first find out what the locals are catching fish with.
Peace
Jim
Let the vacation begin!
Started a week of vacation today. We left after church and headed East not knowing where we would land for the night (Our goal for Monday is Gatlinburg but we don’t check in until 4:00 p.m).
We drove to Chattanooga and had lunch at Cracker Barrel – sunrise sampler with eggs over medium – and then went East to the Cherokee National Forest and the Ocoee River.
Stopped for a picture along the Ocoee River
Then on into North Carolina. Finally decided to head toward Cherokee for the night. We pulled in to the hotel that Deb called ahead for at about 7:15 p.m.
It’s on to Gatlinburg tomorrow and hopefully finding a good place to fish in the park. I’ve wanted to trout fish here all my life (and I mean since I was a kid many years ago) but never took up trout fishing until the last three years. So hopefully I’ll have some pictures to post in a day or two depending on when I get to fish.
Until tomorrow…Peace
Jim
Browns on the Elk River
Took a little while to go fishing this evening. All caught were Browns. They were small but fun.
A pretty day. No one in the parking lot but me.
Good ending to a good day.
Jim
