North River 1/24/2006

Met up with Doug Moore from the shop early Tuesday in Maryville. The plan was for Doug to show me some of his old stomping grounds near Tellico Plains. We had recieved a good amount of rains, so all of the rivers were flowing at a very good level. We started out fishing the upper North River for brookies. Fishing was slow in the morning and the water temps were down in the low 40's. We went fishless for the first couple hours untill we came upon a plunge pool that had been getting sun all morning. We managed to land the first brookies of the season. Later we went and hit the lower section. We both managed to pick up good fish by dead drifting and swinging Mohair leeches. Bald River Falls Upper North River Frist Brookie of the year North River Brown North River Bow