June 8, 2017

Hope everyone is well and that you are starting to enjoy this nice weather that we are having.  I had a chance to guide in the GSMNP yesterday and it was great!  Clients landed and released several trout, mostly Rainbows with some Brook and Browns mixed in, on Purple Parachute #12.  We successfully released three very large Rainbows and we rolled one big Leroy Brown but that story is for another day.

We used 3 and 4 weight Orvis Helios 2 rods and Recon Rods matched with Orvis Braided Leader with 5x tippet.  I am a huge fan of braided leaders and I believe it helps on these spooky trout.  We also wet waded and the water felt good.

Some special events are scheduled in the near future for the Trophy Water and the Nantahala so be on the lookout for those.

Tight Lines!