"PRM" wrote in message
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Op:

I am a long time lurker living in NC. At least I've lurked enough to have
some sort of sense for the players here.

NC Wildlife is clueless about this. Check this out instead
http://www.fedflyfishers.org/conDidymo.php

Our NC waters are what I am worried about. This stuff is in the South
Holston, and the Watauga and those guides work the Smoky Mountain streams,
the
Davidson, and the Wilson Creek area as well. Didymo has not spread beyond
the tail race waters, yet............. If the people fishing the
tailwaters don't take this seriously and spread it into our smaller
waters..............well you live here and you know the fragile state of
things as they are.

I fish the Smith River in VA regularly and I keep a separate pair of boots
for NC fishing.

I'm only being aggravating as a way of getting you guys riled up. After
that, I'll go back to lurking!!

See ya,

Patrick


As a part-time bottom poster, I will work my way up your post.

Where are we gonna see one another? I live in Lenoir and fish, primarily,
around Caldwell and its surrounding counties. Where are you in NC?

If ya go back to lurkin', you ain't helpin' ya cause a bit. Stick around
and contribute, in any manner you see fit. You'll find that the more you
participate, the better the chance that someone will get under your skin,
but your concerns for flyfishin' and the environment will also be taken
seriously--as long as ya don't go off the deep-end. You'll also provide an
invaluable source of information for others.

I wasn't sayin' that you were aggravating. I was saying that you had become
aggravated.

While I've not fished any tailwaters, I can't say that I won't in the
future, so I appreciate the heads-up.

I have the contact info for a couple of NC Wildlife biologists and will get
in touch with them to see what they know or may be doing to get the word
out.

I checked out the site you provided--see your already an invaluable source
of info--and I will inquire to the NCWRC. The more people that put the
issue before them, the better the chances are that they will pay attention,
I'm bein' an optimist!

Take care, and lets fish a trout stream some day!

Op --who was preparein' for his first year of bow huntin', but back surgery
is gonna get in the way of that, or so it appears :~^ (