Cataloochee and Greenbrier Rivers
We woke up early again to take the windy gravel road from gatlinburg to the futherest reaches of the park in North Carolina. We arrived in the Cataloochee Valley early in the morning and found a good spot to put in and fish. We waded downstream and upstream for while with no luck. Finally I caught a small little brown with brillant colors. We didnt stay long at the river because I was interrupted with unexpected calls from my new job. The river looked great though and I am certain there were some big browns waiting on us. We did see some elk in the valley feeding in the meadow. After heading back to Gatlinburg and settling my job situation, we decided to head up the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon (Greenbrier) River. We had very good luck there, pulling in a number of rainbows. I caught an above average rainbow in a deep run. I finally had found the run I was looking for, deep water that ran up against a rockface on the far side. I was certain there was a good fish in this run somewhere. Sure enough when I tossed the Royal Stimulator in the current the rainbow couldnt resist, rising to nail it off the surface. It fought like a beast, and after a wild goose chase I finally netted him. Turned out to be the best fish of the trip, colored beautifully, with brillant red patches on and behind the gills. After hiking upstream somemore we headed out and called it a day. A day well spent in the life of a dreamcatcher I would say...til next time
-Dreamcatchers
Entrance to the Cataloochee Valley
Caught my Brown in the riffles here
Cool looking small brown
Another run on the Cataloochee
Looking Downstream
Cataloochee Valley 
Elk in the meadow
Entrance to Greenbrier
Looking down the river from a bridge
Nice rainbow from the river
Run where I caught the rainbow above
Here is the champ
Nice looking runs all the way down
Another small rainbow catch
nice rainbow, bet it fought good, looks like a wild fish!
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