Great Smoky Mountains National Park -10
West Prong of the Little Pigeon and Oconaluftee Rivers
The first day of our four day fishing excursion in the Smokies began early Tuesday morning. We had done our research and studied our trail maps, and decided to hike a section of the WPLP that was not followed by trail. This section was considerably dangerous due to the need to navigate around gigantic boulders. A risk we were willing to take. The day started off slow, but picked up quick with a number of rainbow hookings. Most of the fish were average size for the park, but fought much harder than their size would suggest. I hooked up with a nice rainbow but lost him in the fight, as David tried to net him. After we spent the morning and early afternoon at the WPLP we decided to try our luck at the Oconaluftee River. Our travels revealed to us beautiful vistas. We stopped near Newfound Gap to take in the surroundings. After a little bit of site seeing it was back to business and we searched for a good looking spot on the Oconaluftee. Fishing was pretty slow, as we only caught a couple rainbows. I hooked up with a nice size rainbow to highlight the day. He was hiding in a deep run but bit on the Royal Stimulator. After finishing the day on the river we headed back to start planning the next leg of the journey...til next time
-Dreamcatchers
West Prong of the Little Pigeon and Oconaluftee Rivers
The first day of our four day fishing excursion in the Smokies began early Tuesday morning. We had done our research and studied our trail maps, and decided to hike a section of the WPLP that was not followed by trail. This section was considerably dangerous due to the need to navigate around gigantic boulders. A risk we were willing to take. The day started off slow, but picked up quick with a number of rainbow hookings. Most of the fish were average size for the park, but fought much harder than their size would suggest. I hooked up with a nice rainbow but lost him in the fight, as David tried to net him. After we spent the morning and early afternoon at the WPLP we decided to try our luck at the Oconaluftee River. Our travels revealed to us beautiful vistas. We stopped near Newfound Gap to take in the surroundings. After a little bit of site seeing it was back to business and we searched for a good looking spot on the Oconaluftee. Fishing was pretty slow, as we only caught a couple rainbows. I hooked up with a nice size rainbow to highlight the day. He was hiding in a deep run but bit on the Royal Stimulator. After finishing the day on the river we headed back to start planning the next leg of the journey...til next time
-Dreamcatchers
A water shot of a run on the West Prong
Small little rainbow bit on the stimulator
Rough waters at the beginning of the hike
Beautiful rainbow caught in West Prong
Another one
Looking downstream
Smoky Mountain Overlook
Cool view from Newfound Gap
Oconaluftee River
Pulled my rainbow out of here
Nice Rainbow took the stimulator
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