Big Dale wrote:

Chuck: Thanks for the great trip report. I hope to fish the same area
in early June. It was good to see how you feel about the TFO Finesse
rod. Mine is the 3 weight rod of course. Mine takes a while to get used
to. It is quite a bit faster action than I expected. I like mine a lot.
I will be looking forward to the pictures. This area is a very special
place.

I found the TFO Finesse to be pretty easy to adjust to. Maybe it's
because I learned to fish on an old Fenwick HMG, which was a pretty slow
rod. I would have gotten the 3-wt. as well, but I've already got a
couple of those, and I was lacking a 4-wt. :-) Anyhow, the rod loaded
well at short distances, but was still OK when I needed to get a bit
more line out.

BTW, I never did get around to going to the Little River Outfitters
like you suggested. Time was just too short on this trip, and all my
"spare time" was spent on the water.

Have fun in the Smokies.


Chuck Vance