This is our seventh day fishing in and around Banner Elk, N.C. We slept in and woke up to a beautiful sunshiny day. We started out driving to the town of Foscoe and fished the Upper Watauga River. We were told there was a really nice brown trout in one of the pools along this section. We did see some nice fish. I hooked a descent rainbow but it was smart and went straight under a rock and snapped me off. Ian landed a largemouth bass which was really weird seeing a bass in this high mountain river. It only took a dead drift with a black bugger in front of its face to get a bite.
After lunch we fished in a creek that went right though Banner Elk. It was pretty much a ditch. Any water pocket bigger than a basketball held a rainbow. Mostly diminutive little fish. But i did pull out a twelve incher. Using a caddis with a copper john dropper. Fishing this creek was more for a laugh than anything. We tried a few spots. Parking next to Lowes hardware store and in the park next to a volleyball net. We caught some beautiful fish and didn't have to try very hard. Twas perfect. The Blue Ridge Mountains treated us well. It was an awesome experience that taught us a lot about fishing. I will be back to fish these mountains again. We are heading west again, towards Illinois and the Mississippi River Valley.
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