ethan smith
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I watched Survivor Man the other day. He mentioned that plague is still a problem in much of the desert of southwest, and I was surprised by that. But for a wildlife guy to die from it, WOW, that is amazing!
Cool report, and nice photos.
In the one of your son holding the rod up in the air are you using a reflector to get that nice bright light on him?
If that is the hangar bar or depot place, I walked by there wondering if it was abandoned? Apparently it is not.
We got pizza at Anthony’s on Saturday night which is right next door, but since we were with the fam we didn’t check out the bar.
It sounds like a pretty typical small town bar to me. That scene could have easily taken place in my hometown, unfortunately.
Hey fellas, sorry I was sort of a no show. I say “sort of” because I was there, I just couldn’t manage to run into anyone, which is a testament to the amount of water there in that little tiny place.
I fished all day Friday up stream of the Bum-g Bend area. Found some nice rainbows and browns, but like you all know, nice for the smokies is small everywhere else 🙂 But Neal, that is NICE rainbow in your pic…
Then Saturday I didn’t hike in quite as far so I think we just missed each other. I stopped by the campsite on Saturday morning but I think you all were already gone. I’m bummed I missed out on meeting up. However my family had fun and we are planning on going back next year for sure, so hopefully we will be able meet up then.
I did see Zach standing on that rock fishing Friday evening. I was headed back to the car and my legs were toast, when I looked down from the trail saw a guy up on that rock, and a girl a sitting on a rock a little down stream. I thought about yelling down to see if that was y’all but then my dork alarm went off and I decided against it, because there was no way for me to get down there.
The BHPT was the ticket as far what I could tell, I’m all out those now, time to tie some more. Although I got some good action on small yellow mayflies as well as a small CDC one feather emerger during midge activity.
I’m going to be getting there tonight. Do y’all have any advice for fishing tomorrow? Trails to hit, pull offs, or any ideas? Without of course any public display of honey holes…
Cool, I just bought one on-line I don’t want to drive out and get one on Friday morning. Buying one on the web is pretty sweet. I always buy all my Ohio licenses at stores and you get a water proof paper thing.
I’m looking forward to this week end.
Yeah the blue worm is cool looking. Nice fly box, its so well organized.
I’ve heard that the average riverbed (water temp notwithstanding) have 4 times the population of worms in the soil beneath them than the average garden. And we all know that gardens are packed with them. So it stands to reason, worms like moist soil, riverbeds must be moist, etc etc…
That being said, I’ve never fished a SJW. But judging by the beasts of this thread maybe I should?
To Zach’s point the nice part about buying the whole pig and roasting it at home is you have access to the part of the Canadian bacon known around our area as “the fish”. Probably because its shaped like a fish.
It is by far the best pieces of pork you will ever have. No sauce, no spice needed. From what I’ve heard the fish doesn’t usually make it to the table because the pit master or carver always gets it. I think of it as reward for what a lot of people view as gruesome, the carving. Its usually all the men at the party, no offense ladies.
Yeah and that burning in your eyes will translate into other body parts really easily too, so wash your hands before you take a whizzer.
David, if you want the real American BBQ thing then you probably need to start with a pork shoulder, chicken breast is the meat of last resort for BBQ. Beef brisket would be the second choice, but pork shoulder is probably what most people think of when they say BBQ.
Smoking or indirect cooking is the preferred method. So take a charcoal grill, gas will not do. Heat up the coals really well, and place an aluminum pan with wood chips on top of it. Most people use Hickory wood, but apple wood or any fruit tree wood will work, oak, maple they all lend a different flavor to the meat. Season your meat with whatever dry spices you want and then put your meat off to the other side of the grill, away from the heat. Close the lid of the grill. You want to maintain right around 225F degrees, or 107C but its not an exact science. Let it cook for like 8-10 hours, you need to watch your coals and keep them going and you might need to add some more wood chips too.
Then when the meat is done you can shred it or slice it, and serve your sauce on the side.
But in my humble opinion the sauce is the least important part. The vinegar sauce would be considered Carolina style, the tomato based would be Kansas City style sauce. Carolina style is usually served with cole slaw on the sandwich.
Chicken could be handled in much the same way, but its more common to buy a whole “Roaster Chicken” and smoke it whole rather than breasts. I’ve heard that the “flavor juice/ 10% solution”
Nice photos, it looks like you all had a good time. I floated the Cumby this summer. I had a blast. Some of those areas look pretty familiar. Did you all put in at Winfrey’s ferry and motor up river to camp? That seems to be the preferred M.O.
I’d like to do an overnight kayak float trip in the spring and camp at Snow Island.
Thats an awesome shot, but I would like to see it with more sky than water, maybe like the shoreline at about 1/3 up from the bottom. You can crop it a few different ways in PS and try out some different things. I just think centered like that is a little static.
I know what you mean, but the reality is that our memory paints the pictures of past in nostalgic colors. People focus on the great successes of the past and forget the failures. Our minds fill in the gaps and we only see the positive sides.
Lake Erie for example, the 1970s would not have been the time period that you would pick as the time to fish those tribs for steelhead (think burning rivers).
In terms of quality habitat right now we are just entering a time where our regulators, and property owners are seeing the value of maintaining proper habitat and environmental quality. We have a long way to go, but we have come a long way already, since the 70s.
Whoa, that is a fish!
I saw a link over at mid-current and watched a bit of it at lunch today.
Good stuff for sure, nice work.I finally got through to someone at Smoky Mountain Campground in Bryson City today and I have a spot reserved. Its only about a 1/2 mile outside the park from the NPS Deep Creek campground.
You don’t need to plan on me for any of the meals, I’ll most likely eat with the fam, or pack my own in.
We will be rolling in there Thursday evening, so I’ll have Friday and Saturday pretty much wide open.
Seriously, with photography like that, you wouldn’t need much else in the book!
The WHOLE book could be just photos and a blank opposite page with scientific name, common name and then a brief bit about its unique features. Give general Hatch Date and conditions, type of hatch (crawler, swimmer) and related fly pattern suggestions. I think a book like that would be totally cool, and unique.
If you need a graphic designer, look no further, I’d be glad to help out with something like that. I’ve done a number books through Lulu.com, as well as large scale custom print jobs through printers.
