Natahala River 11/15/2005

Took a firend from work out fly fishing for the first time. He recently moved to the TN area from MS, where he was an avid bass fisherman. We arrived on the Natahala around 8:00am after battling fog as thick as pea soup on the New Found Gap Road. After that we drove in circles looking for somewhere to sell us fishing lisenses. We finally had luck at the ACE Hardware store in Bryson City. Once we suited up I gave buddy a crash course in fly fishing, entomology, knots and fishing mountain streams while I rigged our rods up. Buddy had fortunately been practicing his casting prior to our trip. With in 30 minutes he was getting strikes on a parachute adams. By lunch time we had both managed to catch a decent number of fish and Buddy was starting to look like a fly fisherman. Buddy figuring out things for himself Nice Bow Buddy's first trout on a fly rod, taken on a parachute BWO One of many Brookies that we caught throughout the day We had a great day of fishing and Buddy had an exceptional day for his first time out. We caught fish on parachute adams, BWO, Stimulators, BH Nymphs and soft hackles. Towards the end of the day I found a pocket of brookies that were hitting a partridge and orange soft hackle on almost every cast. Check out the My Flies section for a pick of the Partridge and Orange soft hackle.