CardinalAngler wrote:

I'd like to coordinate a trip for myself and my GF (northeast GA), my sister
and her fiancee (Charlotte, NC) and my folks (MI) to do a little fishing in
western NC next spring. I've got some time to pull this together, but I'd
like to pick a place to stay, first, so we can make a reservation in time
for them to block off a week on their schedules. We've done things like
this before, and have done pretty well in a cabin or condo where we can cook
the odd meal and ensure that coffee is available pre-dawn. It'd be a plus
if we could bring a dog or two, as well. We're not all anglers, so I'm
leaning toward something not too far from Asheville, where my sister will be
getting married next year. Does anyone in the group have a recommendation
for such a place?

Once that's settled, I can start the fun stuff. I have the Jacobs Blue Ridge
book, but haven't used it as much as his Georgia book. I send a fair amount
of time face down in the Little T drainage between Clayton and Franklin, but
I've not fished past there in a while. If I pass a quiz on, say, the
75-post NC fishing thread from 2003* and York Larese's stats from his
all-ACC years**, may I ask for some additional help in narrowing down our
fishing options? :-) I'll need to find at least one place open enough that
the novice casters among us won't spend the entire day tied up in the
hemlocks...

Thanks.


* Me: Duncan, 33, male, have nymphed- mosty big pteronarcys in MT, no
bifocals, never been to Boone or Linville.

** 59-61



Maggie Valley is a nice place to stay. Close to Ashville and close to some good
fishing.