Gary Sundin
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Heh. I wear a similar dry suit while snorkeling trout streams for my job. Never used it for fishing (and now I know not to ;D) I know some guys wear them for kayak fishing big water on freezing cold days. I do like the front zipper on the suit in the photo. Mine has to be unzipped from the back, usually by someone other than the wearer; real bore on those cold mornings after a few cups of coffee. Nice fish.
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I don’t know all the musicians on the podcasts, but Old Crow Medicine Show is the music heard in the intro to most of them. I’m not picky about genre–OCMS is bluegrass to me, but maybe it’s really “old timey” music? Of the albums of theirs I have, I like Big Iron World best.
Try this site for various bluegrass and variants. It’s kind of a hippy/jam band site, but has plenty of bluegrass shows. The “bluegrass sessions” show has one of the best all-star lineups you’ll find–every one of these guys is world famous. Also listen to the Leftover Salmon stuff–not really bluegrass, but really well-played “cajun slam grass”. Do not neglect Peter Rowan and Tony Rice–best guitar picking you may ever hear. Also Yonder Mountain String Band is worth a whirl….
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When I pack-in fish, I’m usually only going in 3-5 miles then fishing from there the rest of the trip.
Thanks for a nice legal description of stream access rights. I believe Georgia law is similar to that described by Zach for NC. Trout fishing has been becoming a private business here for a handful of years. Most of these private places have not been open to true public fishing in living memory–so we don’t feel it when they change. However, some landowners that traditionally allowed folks access (or at least didn’t run them off), are now creating private pay-to-fish clubs. I’m used to fishing on public NF lands and I know it won’t change here any time soon. There are plenty of worse uses for land than running a private fishing club on it. But I sure wish we had wade-in or bank access to more medium sized streams.
I am a bluegrass head. I saw YMSB at the Georgia Theater here in Athens, Georgia (USA) Feb. 14 and it was an incredible show. I can’t think of any band that has improved more over the last few years. 3 years ago they were decent. Now, I would rank them (almost) with their fellow Coloradoains Leftover Salmon for sheer virtuosity on strings. We’ve got a good up and coming band here called Packway Handle Band that have been getting pretty noteworthy in the last few years. They do a very trad single-mike type of music. In the long view I love all grass, but tend more toward the traditional stuff. Recently I’ve re-fallen in love with the Doc Watson Bill Monroe duets. That’s the complete package–picking and singing. Also, don’t forget Old Crow Medicine Show (as heard right here on some podcasts). I think they have some of the best writing and best harmonica licks in all the world of grass. I’m ambivalent about Alison Krause as a singer, but as a fiddle player with Union Station guitarist Dan Tyminski doing vocals=great stuff. They put on a good show. Ricky Skaggs has, of course, delved nastily into that awful genre called THNC (today’s hot new country), but don’t be fooled, he is probably the best living mandolin player and with his band Kentucky Thunder plays some of the tightest grass I have ever heard.
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Spring run whites make some of my favorite fishing. I’m not much of a tier and I stick primarily with clousers–chartruese/white, gray/white, and olive/white. On my local spots the whites won’t go for a month I think, even with warm temps. But the crappy are starting to move into the creek mouths, I hear. Crappie aren’t the toughest fighters, but they are about the only fish I eat consistently (maybe 10-12 each year). I usually have more variety in my crappie flies, since they have a rep for being so color sensitive and because the slooow retrieve they like works better with marabou and other fine materials.
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I’m certain there are folks more expert on GSMNP, but I’ll throw in my few words. I’ve only fished the park once, years ago; but I fished in TN within 40 miles at similar elevations a lot. I often see a larger BWO, like #16. Matching the hatch won’t matter much with the brookies I think. Royal Wulffs did good for me in April. If you get lucky with balmy air temps (a big ‘if’) almost anything might work.
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I’ve done a couple rabbit pelts from fresh road kill. Nothing fancy, just stretched them on a board. The hair is great for many things, but it has no real use for zonker strips unless it is properly cured. Done as I described, the skin is stiff, odorless, and nearly paper thin. So if zonkers are your main interest, prolly won’t be worth the bother.
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Just out of curiosity what did you mean when you said, ” Looking at the stain in the water makes me hot?” I might be mistaken but I assumed that you are implying this is a bad thing? Is there something going on up there I should know about?
Didn’t mean to be cryptic. Actually meant the opposite. I love fishing that river when it runs high with a little tea stain (1.5-2.0 on the usgs guage). With the drought, it has run low and hot and clear since the spring, so I’m gratified to see it getting back in some kinda shape. Thanks for the report
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Ahhhh…the Tooga, finest water in Georgia. I’ve not always been a big fan of that section, but it’s been growing on me. Looking at the stain in the water makes me hot. Been way, way too long since I saw the Tooga looking like that. Thanks. Very nice looking fish.
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This last year has been the first time I spent some time looking for carp on the fly, and I love it. Got several on tiny, flashy klousers, but the best producer was the Rubber Legged Dragon (RLD). Google it up–easy to tie, very fishy, and floats hook-up which is a nice quality in a carp fly.
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I paddled that area twice last year targetting carp, but they were still in deep spawn mode and no luck.
