From where you live, to drive to the other side of the Smokies, either on
the north our south or most eastern side of the park, you pass wonderful
trout streams all the way.

don't forget to leave the place cleaner than you found it, catch and release
and if you do do drugs, bring enough for everybody....

john


"RacerNC" wrote in message
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"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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Welllllll . . .
First of all, welcome to the elite group of people who've been skunked -
or
nearly so - in Missouri's trout parks where you can see more stocked
fish in
an afternoon than Mrs Paul's sells in a year . . . Strange thing is that
neophytes usually catch more fish than experienced fly fishers. (That's
the
exasperated voice of of experience.)

Second, you won't find any place in NC that's similar to Maramec
Springs.
(Which flows into the Meramec river upstream from Maramac Spring State
Park.
Missouri pioneers were spelling-challenged.) About the closest you can
get
that I know of in NC is the streams on the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

Third, I'll second Wayne Harrison's advice about contacting the folks at
this shop: http://www.ezflyfish.com/

Bob

Thanks Bob and Wayne.
I looked up the website, and also wilsoncreekoutfitters.com. I look
forward to contacting these folks. I appreciate the contacts.
Fishing in Missouri was the first time I went, and I had a ball. I go
to Cherokee every now and then. I'm just looking forward to learning!
Thanks again.
Ken