This past Friday my buddy
Charles and I fished the Elk
River near Winchester Tennessee with David Perry our guide. It was a stellar day to
say the least. We had perfect weather with hardy any humidity and very little
sunlight keeping the temps in the low eighties all day. We started the drift
boat trip at the dam and 9 miles later we took out at Turkey Launch. Neither of us had ever fished the Elk and was
so impressed with its beauty and the amount of trout in the river. It is stocked
every month with rainbow and browns, which thrive in the nutrient rich waters.
I have fished numerous
times with David over the past years and have come to realize when one fishes
with him; they can expect to land lots of trout. Well Friday was no exception,
Charles and I landed an insane number of browns and rainbow during our 8 to 9
hour excursion.
You can see the dam in the
background. We shoved the drift boat off from the gravel flats and spent the next
8 to 9 hours getting out trout fix!
One of many healthy rainbows
that inhaled our nymphs throughout the day.
This brown was the largest
trout Charles ever landed—talk about excitement!!
Landing my best brown of
the day, using my 9 ft. 5 weight; I loss numerous trout at the beginning of the
float, because I was using my 4 weight, which didn’t have the backbone to
handle the better trout. My catch ratio improved after I starting casting my 5
weight.
The end result!!
