Brigadoon
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I recently saw an episode of the Fly Rod Chronicles that was filmed at Brigadoon Lodge in Georgia. Looks like an absolutely gorgeous place. I know it is private managed water with PFP stocker trout, but it looks to have first class accommodations and the fishing looks fun and newbie wife friendly. My wife’s 40th birthday is this fall and the Brigadoon looks like a potential b-day getaway possibility. I know a lot of the members here are from the Southeast and was wondering if anyone has any experience with Brigadoon and would be willing to share their thoughts and/or experiences.
I’ve never fished it, but I fish the general area, see the river near the Brigadoon property, and know folks that have fished it. It is what it is. The reports I’ve had from guests is that they were pleased with the lodge and with the PFP fishing.
Few things to consider. We’ve had a great spring/early summer for rain and temps. If things continue, the fall flows there should be robust and the fish relatively happy. That said, the Soque down there is low-elevation enough that the fall fishing can really depend on good rain and not-too-hot summer air temps. Also, we’re coming off of a devestating 2-year drought. Not sure the survival of their fish over last summer, but my guess is most of the fish they have now are fairly recently stocked. Only guessing, of course. The Soque throughout that entire stretch is “managed” for “trophy trout” by a disparate group of private landowners, which is non-optimal, in my opinion, from an environmental viewpoint. I don’t completely turn my nose at PFP, but I don’t pay to fish for them. The fish are big and will pull hard.
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