NC trout stream photos

Here are some images of Slickrock, the trail thereto, and a few other
streams in southwestern North Carolina. This doesn't include any photos of
Snowbird or Hazel because I forgot to take my camera and, besides, Jeff
posted some very good photos of those streams.

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Bob Here are some images of Slickrock, the trail thereto, and a few
Bob other streams in southwestern North Carolina.

Very nice! Do you have a lot of streams like that in your area? Are
they all public access? Are they often/ever crowded?

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Bob Patton wrote:

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Those are enjoyably *evocative* photos..... especially the ones toward
the end entitled "brook trout habitat" or "rising brook trout," and such.

Occurs to me I need a travel budget worth the name......

"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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Here are some images of Slickrock, the trail thereto, and a few other
streams in southwestern North Carolina. This doesn't include any photos of
Snowbird or Hazel because I forgot to take my camera and, besides, Jeff
posted some very good photos of those streams.
http://webpages.charter.net/rwpatton/rwpatton/
Bob Patton

Hi Bob,
Thanks for letting me visit the trip. I like the old family home.
BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver

"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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Here are some images of Slickrock, the trail thereto, and a few other
streams in southwestern North Carolina.

Indian Joe purports---great pictures Bob--can almost feel the purl of
Slickrock--especially enjoyed the layout of your photos and the included
verbiage-----think I hooked that brookie beside the big rock a couple of
years ago.

"Jarmo Hurri" wrote in message
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Very nice! Do you have a lot of streams like that in your area? Are
they all public access? Are they often/ever crowded?

The minds of small-stream fishermen want to know...

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Jarmo Hurri

Glad you liked them. These are all public streams. We have a good many
miles of them but not enough, and many of them are under more and more
pressure from fishermen and other economic interests. Protection requires
constant work.

I don't know what you mean by "crowded" but to me a stream is crowded if I
can see another fisherman. But some southern appalachian streams are so
small, so heavily covered, and so twisty that another fisherman can be a
hundred meters away and you'd not know if he was there unless you saw his
footprints.
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Bob Patton
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Bob Patton wrote:

http://webpages.charter.net/rwpatton/rwpatton/

Those are enjoyably *evocative* photos..... especially the ones toward the
end entitled "brook trout habitat" or "rising brook trout," and such.

Occurs to me I need a travel budget worth the name......

Glad you enjoyed - I certainly enjoyed taking them. I bet I took twenty
pictures of those fish just to get the two that I posted.
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Bob Patton
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"Dave Mohnsen" wrote in message
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for letting me visit the trip. I like the old family home.
BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver

Thanks. To me, fly fishing in wild trout streams in western NC has a pretty
big component of history and tradition. Almost all of that area which is now
wooded has been logged and farmed. A year ago walking up a creek called
Kimsey Creek I found an old meadow with ancient apple trees. They had ripe
apples on them about the size of golf balls, and I filled my pockets.

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Bob Patton
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"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
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Indian Joe purports---great pictures Bob--can almost feel the purl of
Slickrock--especially enjoyed the layout of your photos and the included
verbiage-----think I hooked that brookie beside the big rock a couple of
years ago.
Glad you liked them, IJ. Slickrock was fun. Different from other streams
because of the topography. It's high on my list for streams to return to.

Hope to get a chance to compare notes out there with you one of these days.

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Bob Patton
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"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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Here are some images of Slickrock, the trail thereto, and a few other
streams in southwestern North Carolina.

Indian Joe purports---great pictures Bob--can almost feel the purl of
Slickrock

Purl - now that is a fine word. Awesome pictures Bob, especially of the
brook trout stream.