Nothing
like fishing with family, and Friday was another opportunity for me
to cast some flies with my son-in-law B.T and my grandson Bryson. He has been wanting to make a flow trip with us for the past couple of
years, and Friday we made it happen. We meet David Perry our guide at the river's edge below Tims Ford Dam at 7AM. I have fished with David
many times before and know that he will always put us on trout. The
Elk is a tailrace that is stocked once a month with rainbow and
browns. B.T and I have fished it from the bank at the dam a number of
times, with lots of other fly fishermen doing the same; to escape the
crowd the boat is the way to hit all the honey holes.
Pops
and B.T. were really pound of the way Bryson handled the trip
considering we were on the water fishing for 5 hours and then another
2 hours to get to the take out area. One of many trout that Bryson
would land before the trip was over. This trip was about Bryson experiencing the thrill
of trout fishing and learning how to land trout and safely return them to the water to fight another day.
One
happy little guy; I can't begin to tell you guys how much fun it is
to enter act with all three of my grandchildren at the ages of 4, 6,
and soon to be 9 years old Bryson. Sometimes I wish they didn't have
to go up so fast!!!
