Jeff wrote:

lower falls or big falls is actually below the cascade mini-falls shown
in your photo, i think. the lower falls is a single large one about
20-30 feet high, with the major falls over on the right side (looking
upstream). there is a big pool at the bottom of the falls. forty did a
good job of fishing it in 1999...and Middleton has a nice description of
it and his meeting with arby mcd. in "On the Spine of Time". over to the
left are the rocks and ledges you scramble and pull yourself up and
over. nice water at the top too. foot or handholds??? um, well,
...hahahahahahah!!!

Yeah, OK ... silly me. :-) Thanks for the description. I came in
at the head of big falls then. And that pool at the base of it did look
awfully inviting. If I hadn't caught that nice brown from the pool
above it I would have definitely looked for a way down to it. Maybe
next time.

I look forward to exploring some of that water with you in the
future, Jeff.

perhaps in october? ...although i'm thinking of going to my 30-year
class reunion in Miami that month to see the Tar Heels and Hurricanes
play a bit of football....

I'm thinking this year is out of the question for me. We're going
to have a lot of expenses in August as the youngest SWMBO'ette is going
off to school then. So it'll probably be next year before I go on any
more major trips. But the next time I go, I'm hoping to get either/both
you and Wayno to meet up with me for a bit. I still have to do Hazel,
Noland, etc.

Thanks again for all your valuable advice. I almost felt like I had
already been to some of the spots I fished, and had a good idea of where
to start fishing when I got to the water.


Chuck Vance