hazel creek entry bridge

Willi wrote:

jeff wrote:
jeff wrote:

some folks who have been over to hazel creek probably never saw this
bridge. we usually motor over it as its typically under 4-6 feet of
water. because of the drought in western nc, the lake is far below
normal levels...



Those flows in the stream shots are REALLY low. Gonna be tough on the
fish if you don't get some moisture.

Willi

i think they have already been affected. i fished hazel about a week
before danl and i fished it together. did reasonably well, catching
plenty of the usual 9" rainbow on dries, though only in the faster and
deeper waters. when danl and i returned, water was lower (lake had
dropped at least 5 more feet on the shore where we tied up near hazel)
and warmer. we did poorly on the catching, though danl managed a nice
10" rainbow near the end of the day.

i didn't fish as much this trip...but i didn't catch as many fish as i
normally do either. during the last 3 days of the trip i didn't fish at
all because of the stream levels...other than my traditional end of the
vacation 10 minute fishing venture in the deep hole behind the cabin.

it's always a pretty place to be though...as charlie's photos attest. he
was supposed to take some from the top of the cherohala...and i hope to
see some of those photos (unless he's hoarding them for the coffee table
book g)

jeff

jeff

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:45:46 -0400, jeff wrote:

he
was supposed to take some from the top of the cherohala...and i hope to
see some of those photos (unless he's hoarding them for the coffee table
book g)

I didn't take many up there. The colors weren't quite there and when we drove
over it Monday morning all the pullouts were full of bear hunter's trucks and I
wasn't sure which way the gunfire would be coming from. ;-)
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:45:46 -0400, jeff wrote:

he
was supposed to take some from the top of the cherohala...and i hope to
see some of those photos

Here's one from the Cherohala, as you can see there wasn't a lot of color yet
when I was there.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:45:46 -0400, jeff
wrote:

he
was supposed to take some from the top of the cherohala...and i hope to
see some of those photos

Here's one from the Cherohala, as you can see there wasn't a lot of color
yet
when I was there.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

i believe i have an image taken from that exact spot when you and i
went up there in the defender during oct a few years ago. remarkable how
much more the leaves had turned in my shot. although yours is an
excellent composition, no doubt.

yfitons
wayno

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:09 -0400, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:

i believe i have an image taken from that exact spot when you and i
went up there in the defender during oct a few years ago. remarkable how
much more the leaves had turned in my shot. although yours is an
excellent composition, no doubt.

;-)

Unfortunately, this is one of the last pictures I have of the Defender. It met
its demise (and I almost met mine) this summer in Utah.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

Charlie Choc wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:09 -0400, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:


i believe i have an image taken from that exact spot when you and i
went up there in the defender during oct a few years ago. remarkable how
much more the leaves had turned in my shot. although yours is an
excellent composition, no doubt.

;-)

Unfortunately, this is one of the last pictures I have of the Defender. It met
its demise (and I almost met mine) this summer in Utah.



WOW!!!!

Did you lose your trailer too?

How'd you do that?

Willi

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:08:14 -0600, Willi wrote:

WOW!!!!

Did you lose your trailer too?

Yep. Here's a picture of what was left. It ended up about 5' up in a tree. I
wish I could have gotten some pictures of the accident site, but I couldn't get
out by myself and they left me in the Rover until the ambulance got there.

How'd you do that?

An oncoming car darted out from behind a truck and ran me into the ditch. I
rolled 3 or 4 times but all I got were some cuts, bruises and a bum
shoulder.Luckily I was only about a mile from Kanab, UT, and they got me out and
to the hospital pretty fast. The other driver didn't even bother to stop.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

Charlie Choc wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:08:14 -0600, Willi wrote:


WOW!!!!

Did you lose your trailer too?


Yep. Here's a picture of what was left. It ended up about 5' up in a tree. I
wish I could have gotten some pictures of the accident site, but I couldn't get
out by myself and they left me in the Rover until the ambulance got there.

How'd you do that?


An oncoming car darted out from behind a truck and ran me into the ditch. I
rolled 3 or 4 times but all I got were some cuts, bruises and a bum
shoulder.Luckily I was only about a mile from Kanab, UT, and they got me out and
to the hospital pretty fast. The other driver didn't even bother to stop.



That sucks big time! You must have see your life flash while you were
rolling!

Too bad on losing that rig. It was THE Choc signature.

(Glad you're OK)

Willi

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:51:49 -0400, Charlie Choc
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:09 -0400, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:

i believe i have an image taken from that exact spot when you and i
went up there in the defender during oct a few years ago. remarkable how
much more the leaves had turned in my shot. although yours is an
excellent composition, no doubt.

;-)

Unfortunately, this is one of the last pictures I have of the Defender. It met
its demise (and I almost met mine) this summer in Utah.

Holy crap! Geeze, CC, sorry to see this, your rig was one of the coolest I've
seen. Looking at the remains I have to assume you had your seatbelt on.

Got a picture of your new deal?

/daytripper

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:42:32 -0400, daytripper
wrote:
Looking at the remains I have to assume you had your seatbelt on.

Yep.

Got a picture of your new deal?

Here's a couple taken when I was in SD this August.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com