TR: My cabin in the hills of Caroline (final installment w/fish picture)

Friday:

My last day, and since I've caught fish everywhere I've been except
for B*g Sn*wb*rd (and since I'm a stubborn *******), I decided to give
it another try. The knee was holding up fine, so the plan was to hike
up to the lower falls and fish that area.

Passed three flyfishers on the way. One was the toothless guy from
Deliverance (and packing a pistol), and the others looked fairly normal.
They must have thought I knew something abou the area, because they
asked me where the best fishing was. (I told them it was below Junction
;-). We exchanged pleasnatries and I continued on, keeping an eye on
my back until I was out of gunshot range. ;-)

Up to S*ss*fr*ss in about 55 minutes, and in another 20 heard what
sounded like a real waterfall. I found a really obvious path down to
the water, and slid my way down, coming out at the top of a nice falls
and just below two pretty pools and another smaller falls.
(http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/snowbirdfalls01.jpg) Without giving too
much more detail (Jeffy already knows where this is, I'm sure ... and
Wayno too), I fished the lower pool and despite screwing up a couple of
casts (immediate drag in the eddies), I was fortunate enough to have a
nice brown (12"+) jump all over my offering. He was a bulldog, but was
kind enough to pose for a photo: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/brown.jpg

I fished the next pool with no luck and thought about scaling the
falls, but figured I'd wait and do that when there's someone with me to
scrape my remains up off the rocks below. (Do you guys just go up the
face of the rocks on the left there or what?)

Returned to the car, drank the best beer I've ever had, scoped out
the Little Sn*b*rd a bit and was back at the house to pack up for my
flight out on Saturday.

On my way out on Saturday I snapped one last shot:
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/cove.jpg

Thanks to all who gave me advice, and tolerated my dumb questions.
It was the fishing trip of a lifetime for this old liberrian, and I hope
to do it again soon. :-) It's beautiful country with lovely, strong
fish, and I hope to explore much more of it.


Chuck Vance

Conan The Librarian wrote:
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It's beautiful country with lovely,
strong fish, and I hope to explore much more of it.

Wow. That was great. Thanks for taking the time, Chuck.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Conan The Librarian" wrote
(snip)

I was fortunate enough to have a
nice brown (12"+) jump all over my offering. He was a bulldog, but was
kind enough to pose for a photo: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/brown.jpg

nice! that's about as big a fish as one can expect that high on
snowbird.

I fished the next pool with no luck and thought about scaling the
falls, but figured I'd wait and do that when there's someone with me to
scrape my remains up off the rocks below. (Do you guys just go up the
face of the rocks on the left there or what?)

i *think* that's what we used to do. it's been more than ten years
since i've been up that high.



It's beautiful country with lovely, strong
fish, and I hope to explore much more of it.

thanks for those thoughts. i would enjoy helping you out, next time
around.

yfitons
wayno (and hellfire, the boy didn't even see the best of it...)

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote
I fished the next pool with no luck and thought about scaling the
falls, but figured I'd wait and do that when there's someone with me to
scrape my remains up off the rocks below. (Do you guys just go up the
face of the rocks on the left there or what?)

i *think* that's what we used to do. it's been more than ten years
since i've been up that high.

I've never even considered it. I go back up to the trail
and hike above Big Falls until the trail branches, the
west branch goes up a hill towards Middle Falls and the
east branch crosses Snowbird to three campsites, the
second of which has the remains of an old bridge across
Snowbird. I take the east branch, wade in just above the
old bridge and fish up from there. All native brookies
above Big Falls.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:



I've never even considered it.

um... actually, you did. at the first roff clave ever, while pj and
peter fished below us, you and i entered snowbird at the big pool at the
bottom of lower falls, fished it a bit, then we climbed above the falls
on the rocks at the left.

Jeff Miller wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I've never even considered it.

um... actually, you did. at the first roff clave ever,
... we climbed above the falls
on the rocks at the left.

OK, I stand corrected. That should have read:
When sober, I've never even considered it.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Wayne Harrison wrote:

"Conan The Librarian" wrote

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/brown.jpg

nice! that's about as big a fish as one can expect that high on
snowbird.

Thanks. I was surprised myself. I figured I had buggered up any
chance of getting a fish from that pool with my first casts. But
thankfully I had started at the tailout, so the pool was evidently big
enough so I didn't scare him off. (And he took maybe 15' from shore.)

It's beautiful country with lovely, strong

fish, and I hope to explore much more of it.

thanks for those thoughts. i would enjoy helping you out, next time
around.

I would enjoy that too. (And you *did* help me out, even if I
didn't take all your advice. See below. :-)

yfitons
wayno (and hellfire, the boy didn't even see the best of it...)

Yeah, I know. I was planning to do Hazel on Thursday, before I
bunged my knee up. I just didn't feel confident enough to be totally
dependent on someone else for my transportation in case I had problems
with the knee.

Maybe next time you can show me the good spots. :-)


Chuck Vance

Conan The Librarian wrote:
Friday:

My last day, ...
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Returned to the car, drank the best beer I've ever had, ...

Oh well, I guess it takes longer than five days to work
your way up to a Budweiser. ;-)

It's beautiful country with lovely, strong fish,
and I hope to explore much more of it.

You said that exactly right. Thanks for the TR.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Conan The Librarian wrote:

My last day, ...
snip
Returned to the car, drank the best beer I've ever had, ...

Oh well, I guess it takes longer than five days to work
your way up to a Budweiser. ;-)

Heh. What's really funny is even though I'm known as the DYBS of
ROFF, I was drinking Busch beer on the trip. You know, Bud's poor
cousin. :-) It's my favorite hot-weather domestic beer. Seriously.
(Uh, oh ... does this mean my title is in danger?)

It's beautiful country with lovely, strong fish, and I hope to explore
much more of it.

You said that exactly right. Thanks for the TR.

You're welcome. I thought of your exploits in that area a couple of
times while I was hiking/fishing. I may not be foolish enough to do
Forney ;-) but there were a couple of times I was wondering
what-the-hell I was doing out there all by myself. And then I would see
the next lovely pool or run and get over it. :-)


Chuck Vance

On 6/27/05 12:20 PM, in article , "Conan The
Librarian" wrote:

Friday:

My last day

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Nicely done set of reports, my bookish brother!

Bill