Tuesday, August 19 – We left Watauga about 9:15 and arrived at Rock Creek about 10:00 after driving 36.4 miles. The temperature at Rock Creek was about 5 degrees cooler than Erwin, probably because of the heavy forest. We were greeted by Bob, the host who was here last year. We had a good visit with him and got up to date on happenings in the area. We set up on site 27 which is nice and large and well spaced from neighbors. We then headed into Erwin to look around and then to Walmart to pick up some needed food items. After dinner, Tim and Rich stopped by with Gus and took a walk with us around the campground and along the creek.
Wednesday, August 20 – It was a very quiet night, so we slept late. Both of us were getting very shaggy, so we drove to Johnson City to get a haircut. We also wanted to check out the Nolichucky River and go back to Mahoney’s Outfitters to get some information and appropriate flies for S.M. Bass on the Nolichucky. We got all things accomplished and much better haircuts than the last ones. It continues to be warm, but about 8 degrees cooler in the campground than down in Erwin. By the time we got back, new neighbors had moved in all around us. People have been very friendly and respectful. Our hosts are very helpful and friendly as well.
Thursday, August 21 – We had breakfast and drove the eight miles over to the Nolichucky to wade-fish. When we got out on the water, it became very windy, which made fly fishing quite challenging. However, Joan managed to come up with a nice 12” S.M. Bass. John had some nice hits and follows, but no fish. Considering that this was our first time on this body of water, we did rather well. Later, we stopped by Erwin Linear Park and had lunch by the small lake that is there. They also have a biking path that is a few miles long and follows a small creek.
Friday, August 22 – We had a chance to talk with our neighbors, Greg, Pam, and their daughter Lauren this morning. They are from Lancaster County, PA. They are a very nice family and Greg grew up in this area. They are visiting his parents who still live in the area. After breakfast, we drove through Unicoi, to Limestone Cove Recreation Area day use area. We fishing for awhile, but the water was very low making fishing difficult. John managed to catch one small trout. It is a nice area that used to have a campground, but it is now closed. We hiked to the swimming area that has about a dozen breeder rainbow trout that were put in by the Erwin National Fish Hatchery that is just down the road. John threw in some salmon eggs that they gobbled up very quickly. It was fun to see how fast they are. It would be a lot of fun to try the fly rods there, but would be highly frowned upon and probably a federal crime.
Saturday, August 23 – It was a quiet night, especially for a Friday, so we slept well again. We took our coffee walk on the Hemlock Trail. It was a nice, not too long, loop above the campground. After a substantial breakfast, we ventured out on the Rock Creek Falls Trail. This was a definitely more ambitious 1.5 mile hike up to a beautiful falls. It followed Rock Creek with a few crossings over well placed rocks. We were pleased that there was actually water flowing over the falls, not like the last three that we visited at Cloudland Canyon and Falling Waters. Joan took many pictures along the way and at the falls.
Sunday, August 24 – Sadly, we said goodbye to our neighbors Greg, Pam, and Lauren, then walked over to the pavilion where we attended a worship service. It was put on by a local Baptist Church. There were only a few there, including our hosts, but it was a good time regardless, and a meaningful message. After breakfast we took another hike, but this time not quite as ambitious as yesterday. The weather continues to be perfect, but the weathermen say there is a chance we could get some rain from T.S. Fay about Wednesday. Folks who live around here (nearly everyone we meet camping) would greatly appreciate some rain.
Monday, August 25 – T. S. Fay made here appearance this morning providing us a steady rain for most of the day. This is very welcome here by the locals who have been seeing drought conditions for most of the summer. It gave us a chance to catch up on reading and assembling fly fishing information for the areas we are and will be for the next few weeks. We found several discussion forums that are written by locals who fish these waters every day. They provide the best information available about areas, fly patterns, and techniques. We were invited for pancake breakfast by our neighbors across the road, John, Lois, her son Darrel, and his wife, Jennifer. It was great to visit with them. It also appears that there is another Tropical Storm brewing near Haiti and heading for Florida.
Tuesday, August 26 – It rained all night and has been raining all day too, never real hard, but a steady rain just as well. We needed to go to the laundry-mat anyway and stop at Walmart to stock up again. In between, we explored and found another place to fish on the Nolichucky River. We will return there as soon as the rain stops.
Wednesday, August 27 – It finally stopped raining this morning and the sun came out for awhile. There was some excitement in the campground because a limb had fallen the evening before and landed on the top of a trailer across the road from us. Thankfully, it did not do any damage. We had heard it fall, but could not determine what it was or where it had landed. The same was true for another that fell just after we went to bed. It sounded like a gunshot. It turned out to be a sizable branch that landed on the neighbor’s fire pit. The rain had apparently soaked into dead limbs and weighed them down enough to make them let go. After breakfast we drove back to Wautauga Dam to visit our new friend Clyde again. We took the back roads over the mountain, which made a very scenic ride. Before heading back, we stopped at Stoney’s pizza for dinner. While we were there it poured. We sat by a fire in the evening and were serenaded by thunder in the area.
Thursday, August 28 – We went to bed last night with the weatherman forecasting a 20% chance of rain. Well we got the 20%, and it rained all night and into the morning. Finally, it stopped and we decided to check out the Nolichucky to see if it was fishable. It was not. It was a roaring torrent and impossible to even get close enough to fish. As a backup, John had been reading in our book “Trout Streams of Southern Appalachia” and found Rock Fork Creek which is close by. We drove and found it through really beautiful country. John said, “Now I remember why we fell in love with this area when we came through last year.” We parked alongside the road and walked down to the creek and fished it for awhile. Joan caught a nice 8” rainbow trout by standing on a big rock and casting down into a pool. So much for the theory that you have to sneak up on them. This will be an area we will return to. Tim and Rich stopped by for awhile in the evening.
Friday, August 29 – We took our coffee walk around the loops and found the campground nearly full. Hopefully, they will be considerate campers this weekend and not make too much noise. After breakfast, we headed out for another explore. This time we wanted to check out Horse Creek. We talked to the ranger, host there, who was very informative. The campground is right on the creek and nicely laid out. There are no hookups, but there are warm showers and flush toilets at the swimming area that is close. We went down to the picnic area that is also along the creek and has a special fishing restriction that allows only children and those over 65 to fish. Since Joan is still way too young, John took advantage and fished for a few minutes. Sadly, there was nothing hitting. The ranger also told us about another fishing/camping area on Paint Creek that we might want to check out. We went over there and found it in a gorgeous area and a very nice campground. There is a road that runs by the creek that is entirely in Cherokee N.F. We parked and fished it for about an hour, but only caught very small trout (fingerlings). The stocking of these creeks stops in June, which means that they might be fished out by now. The total absence of locals fishing on a Friday late afternoon, in this prime trout area might be a clue that there is not much going on. We would have focused on fishing for S.M. Bass in the Nolichucky River, but it is still running way too fast to fish.
Saturday, August 30 – We had a lazy day today. We started looking at fishing areas in Georgia where we will be next week and checking regulations. We sat by a fire in the evening. The weather has been perfect the last couple of days.
Sunday, August 31 – We went to church with out neighbors, John and Lois, at John’s brother Bill’s church not far from here. Folks were very friendly and inviting and Bill gave a meaningful message. Afterwards, several of us went out to eat at a local Chinese Restaurant. The school-age boy who was working there kept us entertained while he was waiting on us. We talked for quite a while with a couple, Matt and Cassi, who just bought a camper like ours off Craigslist and had questions about how some things were supposed to work.
Monday, September 01 – It was very quiet on our loop last night and this morning. Today we started minor packing to get ready to leave tomorrow. Besides a couple of walks around the campground, we stayed close to home. Tim and Rich came over for dinner tonight and we enjoyed talking with them. They are making plans to come back home to Florida over Christmas and visit their grandmother. We also enjoyed a fire in the evening.
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Watauga Dam TVA Recreation Area - Elizabethton, Tn (August 3 - August 19)
Sunday, August 3 – We left Warrior’s path after packing up and attending a worship service at the park from 9:30 until about 10:15. We arrived at Watauga at 12 noon and talked to some people who knew about the site that was being held for us. It took some time for the people who were there on our site to get packed up and leave. We got set up then drove into Elizabethton. On the way we stopped at a tackle shop to get our trout stamps. Well, we had been given bad information at Cloudland Canyon and could not add a trout license to what we already had. We would have to buy the $81 license that would allow us to catch trout as well as other species. The guy there was not real nice, so we left, but then decided later to stop and get them at Wal-Mart. This was an expensive lesson learned. We then stopped and had dinner at Fatz Café. It was excellent. It is beautiful here and the water is ice cold and crystal clear. Fishing by our camper does not appear too promising. We will most likely need to paddle closer to the dam and also try the tail-water area.
Monday, August 4 – It was very windy during the night about 4:30 am, so we had to go out and fasten the tarp down tight. It still flapped around a lot keeping us from sleeping. Someday we will get a full night’s sleep again. We got the kayaks out this afternoon even though it was quite warm. It must be about 10 degrees cooler on the 46 degree water. Joan got a few good hits, but that was it. We had dinner and went out again try again after they would be done generating and running water out of the dam. John had a fish on for about 2 seconds, but nothing more. Eventually we will find the key. Tim and Rich stopped over with Gus, a really nice white Pyrenees. He is real sweet and gentle. After dark we sat around a fire, which felt real good due to the fog and breeze coming off the water. This is an awesome place and truly beautiful.
Tuesday, August 5 – We decided to try fishing below the dam, so we grabbed a couple of breakfast bars and drove down and found a place to park. This area is about 2 miles away from our campsite. We could see brook trout in pools that we could cast to, but had trouble getting them to bite. Finally, John was successful by stripping the fly faster after they started to follow and they would chase it and take it. He would up catching two. Later, after lunch, we went down to the picnic area on this side of the dam and Joan managed to hook up with a small, but nice brown. It has been very hot today, but with the water temp at about 43 degrees, by staying near the water, it acts like a natural air conditioner. The next time we can get out, we are going to try our waders. We really like this place. It is so beautiful and has so much to do right here.
Wednesday, August 6 – Since it was raining early this morning, we slept in. It was nice for a change to have enough quiet to do this. We finally dragged ourselves out of bed and had pancakes and sausage for breakfast. We then took our waders and went back down below the dam. They really worked great and allowed us to position ourselves much better in the water. We each caught one brook trout, which we released because we did not have a way to measure them. John figures we would need about six this size to make a meal. They were probably about 7-8 inches long. We left there when they began releasing water and went over to the picnic area. We caught nothing there, so we went up to the boat launch on Watauga Lake. We fished around the boat launch, but only managed a couple of small bluegill. We came home and had pork chops for dinner, and then wade fished near our campsite. Nothing was biting here either.
Thursday, August 7 – We took advantage of a gloomy, rainy, potentially stormy day to go to the laundromat and Wal-Mart. We also filled the tank for $3.43/gal.
Friday, August 8 – Today was a truly beautiful, sunny day with temps in the lower 80s and very low humidity. We took advantage of that and took a road trip around Lake Watauga. We stopped a few times to fish the lake and also stopped and fished Doe Creek. We caught some small bluegill and John caught a record rainbow trout. Actually, it would be a stretch to say it was an inch and a half long. We truly enjoyed the beauty of this area and will be back again. We stopped on the way back at a restaurant that came highly recommended. Shirley’s is a home-style restaurant that has extremely well-prepared food. We even got to talk personally with Shirley. We were not disappointed. This evening we are watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Wow!
Saturday, August 09 – It was windy again during the night, but no damage. We got up to a very cool morning – about 60 degrees – and took our coffee on a much longer walk. We hiked the road that leads up to the boat launch and observation area on Watauga Lake, and got about half way. We hiked 1.5 miles of steep incline, then turned around and came back. Again, because this is the weekend, we stayed fairly close to camp. We picked up some firewood and cut it up.
Sunday, August 10 – We went to our next door neighbor’s (Gary & Patty) church this morning. They were camping next to us this week. It is a very large Free-Will Baptist Church and we enjoyed a good message and music. The folks there were friendly and we talked to Gary & Patty for awhile after the service. We fished out our back door for awhile with the fly rods, but came up empty again. Tim & Rich came over this evening for dinner. It was good to see them again. They are the guys we met last week at Warrior’s Path.
Monday, August 11 – It was in the upper 50s overnight and about 60 when we got up. We made coffee and grabbed some breakfast bars and headed down past the steel bridge to fish the Watauga River while they were not generating. It is too swift for us to wade it when the water is flowing at its peak. We soon discovered that we needed to stay in the rocky areas to keep from sinking into the mud. We fished for over an hour and only came up with one fish. John caught a nice (about 7”) brown trout, which he released unharmed. It was still fairly cool in the afternoon so we made a fire and enjoyed sitting by it and watching the river flow by the campsite. We had the rest of the pork roast that Joan did in the crock pot yesterday. It was awesome. Tim and Rich stopped by for a few minutes to show us Rich’s new truck. Very nice!
Tuesday, August 12 – We had planned to get the kayaks on the water this morning, but heavy winds and cool temps changed our minds. We have wanted to hike out on the Appalachian Trail and see the overlook of Lake Watauga. The start of the trail is two miles from our campsite and 700 feet higher in elevation. We packed up our supplies and headed out mid-morning. On the way, we passed a man who was raking rocks from his yard. We talked with him for quite a while. His name is Clyde and his wife died about a year and a half ago. He is retired from the TVA and has lived in the area all his life. He had a wealth of information to share. He showed us his new house that he just moved into and told us that his old one is for sale. We only hiked about a half a mile of the trail which leaves about 2174.5 miles to go to complete it. A bear was sighted in the campground this evening. We get good reception on NBC and are really enjoying the Olympics in the evening. Go Mike!
Wednesday, August 13 – We had breakfast, then launched the kayaks from our back yard. We fished for about four hours, but caught nothing. A young man fishing from shore by the bridge caught an 18 inch rainbow trout on a Mepps inline spinner bait. John helped him get a picture of it and release it. He is the owner of the Sonic restaurant in Elizabethton and was taking a break from work. He’s originally from Florida and has only been here a few months. That was the first trout he has ever caught. It has made us think maybe we need to put away the fly rods and go conventional, but we decided to hang in there and learn what we need to catch fish consistently on the fly. In the afternoon, we drove to Johnson City to Mahoney’s Outfitters and restocked our supply of flys and John got a wading pack to hold our stuff. It rained hard while we were out.
Thursday, August 14 – Today we drove over to Dennis Cove in the Cherokee National Forest. There is a small campground there with no hookups that is way back in the forest. It seemed like we climbed hills forever getting there. Laurel Creek goes through there so we parked at the picnic area, put on our waders, and fished it for awhile. The water was very low and clear making it difficult. As a result, we came up empty. On the way back we took another route over gravel roads through the forest and incredibly beautiful country. We are hearing that a stocking happened and about fish being caught in the river here in our campground, so we’ll focus on it for the next couple of days.
Friday, August 15 – We took the kayaks out again in the morning after the wind settled down and it warmed up a bit. We continue to stay committed to the fly rods and put on clouser flys to try to entice a larger trout. We soon had some action. Joan adjusted her kayak position with her small paddle and when she started bringing the fly in again, she realized that she had a fish on. By the time she went to set the hook, it released it and swam away. She figures it was about a two pound fish. That was the only action for the outing. We went back to Shirley’s Restaurant for dinner and fished the large lake (Watauga) before and after from shore. We put on large grasshopper flies and had fun with bluegills hitting the fly, but it was too big for them to get hooked. We were hoping for a larger bass to take it, but it never happened. Rich and Tim stopped by again and said they checked out the Nolichucky Campground near Erwin. They didn’t think we would like it because it looked like a scene from a Grateful Dead concert.
Saturday, August 16 – We took the kayaks out yet again this morning and gave it another try, but closer to our campsite. We saw a few very large trout, but were unable to get them to bite. Some have been catching trout on corn and dough-balls, but we don’t have flies that resemble these. Maybe we need to get some salmon egg flies. The weather continues to be great, but is slowly warming up.
Sunday, August 17 – We went back to Valley Forge Baptist Church and enjoyed a very lively, meaningful service. Folks there were very friendly and inviting and it was good to see Gary and Patty again. We stopped at Walmart, and then returned back to the campground. We had picked up some salmon eggs and tried to float them with the fly rods in the kayaks. They didn’t stay on real well and we came up empty again.
Monday, August 18 – We decided to get out and wade again below the steel bridge before they start generating. John says that Joan’s fly fishing has improved dramatically. She is getting the fly out more than 50 feet. She got three hits and John got one, but none landed. This has been a good learning experience with the fly rods, with much more to learn. We have loved this area and will most assuredly be back. After we were done fishing we drove over to Stoney’s Pizza for lunch, then stopped by and visited with Clyde (see Tuesday, August 12) for awhile. In the evening, we sat out by a fire and enjoyed the river for the last time.
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Monday, August 4 – It was very windy during the night about 4:30 am, so we had to go out and fasten the tarp down tight. It still flapped around a lot keeping us from sleeping. Someday we will get a full night’s sleep again. We got the kayaks out this afternoon even though it was quite warm. It must be about 10 degrees cooler on the 46 degree water. Joan got a few good hits, but that was it. We had dinner and went out again try again after they would be done generating and running water out of the dam. John had a fish on for about 2 seconds, but nothing more. Eventually we will find the key. Tim and Rich stopped over with Gus, a really nice white Pyrenees. He is real sweet and gentle. After dark we sat around a fire, which felt real good due to the fog and breeze coming off the water. This is an awesome place and truly beautiful.
Tuesday, August 5 – We decided to try fishing below the dam, so we grabbed a couple of breakfast bars and drove down and found a place to park. This area is about 2 miles away from our campsite. We could see brook trout in pools that we could cast to, but had trouble getting them to bite. Finally, John was successful by stripping the fly faster after they started to follow and they would chase it and take it. He would up catching two. Later, after lunch, we went down to the picnic area on this side of the dam and Joan managed to hook up with a small, but nice brown. It has been very hot today, but with the water temp at about 43 degrees, by staying near the water, it acts like a natural air conditioner. The next time we can get out, we are going to try our waders. We really like this place. It is so beautiful and has so much to do right here.
Wednesday, August 6 – Since it was raining early this morning, we slept in. It was nice for a change to have enough quiet to do this. We finally dragged ourselves out of bed and had pancakes and sausage for breakfast. We then took our waders and went back down below the dam. They really worked great and allowed us to position ourselves much better in the water. We each caught one brook trout, which we released because we did not have a way to measure them. John figures we would need about six this size to make a meal. They were probably about 7-8 inches long. We left there when they began releasing water and went over to the picnic area. We caught nothing there, so we went up to the boat launch on Watauga Lake. We fished around the boat launch, but only managed a couple of small bluegill. We came home and had pork chops for dinner, and then wade fished near our campsite. Nothing was biting here either.
Thursday, August 7 – We took advantage of a gloomy, rainy, potentially stormy day to go to the laundromat and Wal-Mart. We also filled the tank for $3.43/gal.
Friday, August 8 – Today was a truly beautiful, sunny day with temps in the lower 80s and very low humidity. We took advantage of that and took a road trip around Lake Watauga. We stopped a few times to fish the lake and also stopped and fished Doe Creek. We caught some small bluegill and John caught a record rainbow trout. Actually, it would be a stretch to say it was an inch and a half long. We truly enjoyed the beauty of this area and will be back again. We stopped on the way back at a restaurant that came highly recommended. Shirley’s is a home-style restaurant that has extremely well-prepared food. We even got to talk personally with Shirley. We were not disappointed. This evening we are watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Wow!
Saturday, August 09 – It was windy again during the night, but no damage. We got up to a very cool morning – about 60 degrees – and took our coffee on a much longer walk. We hiked the road that leads up to the boat launch and observation area on Watauga Lake, and got about half way. We hiked 1.5 miles of steep incline, then turned around and came back. Again, because this is the weekend, we stayed fairly close to camp. We picked up some firewood and cut it up.
Sunday, August 10 – We went to our next door neighbor’s (Gary & Patty) church this morning. They were camping next to us this week. It is a very large Free-Will Baptist Church and we enjoyed a good message and music. The folks there were friendly and we talked to Gary & Patty for awhile after the service. We fished out our back door for awhile with the fly rods, but came up empty again. Tim & Rich came over this evening for dinner. It was good to see them again. They are the guys we met last week at Warrior’s Path.
Monday, August 11 – It was in the upper 50s overnight and about 60 when we got up. We made coffee and grabbed some breakfast bars and headed down past the steel bridge to fish the Watauga River while they were not generating. It is too swift for us to wade it when the water is flowing at its peak. We soon discovered that we needed to stay in the rocky areas to keep from sinking into the mud. We fished for over an hour and only came up with one fish. John caught a nice (about 7”) brown trout, which he released unharmed. It was still fairly cool in the afternoon so we made a fire and enjoyed sitting by it and watching the river flow by the campsite. We had the rest of the pork roast that Joan did in the crock pot yesterday. It was awesome. Tim and Rich stopped by for a few minutes to show us Rich’s new truck. Very nice!
Tuesday, August 12 – We had planned to get the kayaks on the water this morning, but heavy winds and cool temps changed our minds. We have wanted to hike out on the Appalachian Trail and see the overlook of Lake Watauga. The start of the trail is two miles from our campsite and 700 feet higher in elevation. We packed up our supplies and headed out mid-morning. On the way, we passed a man who was raking rocks from his yard. We talked with him for quite a while. His name is Clyde and his wife died about a year and a half ago. He is retired from the TVA and has lived in the area all his life. He had a wealth of information to share. He showed us his new house that he just moved into and told us that his old one is for sale. We only hiked about a half a mile of the trail which leaves about 2174.5 miles to go to complete it. A bear was sighted in the campground this evening. We get good reception on NBC and are really enjoying the Olympics in the evening. Go Mike!
Wednesday, August 13 – We had breakfast, then launched the kayaks from our back yard. We fished for about four hours, but caught nothing. A young man fishing from shore by the bridge caught an 18 inch rainbow trout on a Mepps inline spinner bait. John helped him get a picture of it and release it. He is the owner of the Sonic restaurant in Elizabethton and was taking a break from work. He’s originally from Florida and has only been here a few months. That was the first trout he has ever caught. It has made us think maybe we need to put away the fly rods and go conventional, but we decided to hang in there and learn what we need to catch fish consistently on the fly. In the afternoon, we drove to Johnson City to Mahoney’s Outfitters and restocked our supply of flys and John got a wading pack to hold our stuff. It rained hard while we were out.
Thursday, August 14 – Today we drove over to Dennis Cove in the Cherokee National Forest. There is a small campground there with no hookups that is way back in the forest. It seemed like we climbed hills forever getting there. Laurel Creek goes through there so we parked at the picnic area, put on our waders, and fished it for awhile. The water was very low and clear making it difficult. As a result, we came up empty. On the way back we took another route over gravel roads through the forest and incredibly beautiful country. We are hearing that a stocking happened and about fish being caught in the river here in our campground, so we’ll focus on it for the next couple of days.
Friday, August 15 – We took the kayaks out again in the morning after the wind settled down and it warmed up a bit. We continue to stay committed to the fly rods and put on clouser flys to try to entice a larger trout. We soon had some action. Joan adjusted her kayak position with her small paddle and when she started bringing the fly in again, she realized that she had a fish on. By the time she went to set the hook, it released it and swam away. She figures it was about a two pound fish. That was the only action for the outing. We went back to Shirley’s Restaurant for dinner and fished the large lake (Watauga) before and after from shore. We put on large grasshopper flies and had fun with bluegills hitting the fly, but it was too big for them to get hooked. We were hoping for a larger bass to take it, but it never happened. Rich and Tim stopped by again and said they checked out the Nolichucky Campground near Erwin. They didn’t think we would like it because it looked like a scene from a Grateful Dead concert.
Saturday, August 16 – We took the kayaks out yet again this morning and gave it another try, but closer to our campsite. We saw a few very large trout, but were unable to get them to bite. Some have been catching trout on corn and dough-balls, but we don’t have flies that resemble these. Maybe we need to get some salmon egg flies. The weather continues to be great, but is slowly warming up.
Sunday, August 17 – We went back to Valley Forge Baptist Church and enjoyed a very lively, meaningful service. Folks there were very friendly and inviting and it was good to see Gary and Patty again. We stopped at Walmart, and then returned back to the campground. We had picked up some salmon eggs and tried to float them with the fly rods in the kayaks. They didn’t stay on real well and we came up empty again.
Monday, August 18 – We decided to get out and wade again below the steel bridge before they start generating. John says that Joan’s fly fishing has improved dramatically. She is getting the fly out more than 50 feet. She got three hits and John got one, but none landed. This has been a good learning experience with the fly rods, with much more to learn. We have loved this area and will most assuredly be back. After we were done fishing we drove over to Stoney’s Pizza for lunch, then stopped by and visited with Clyde (see Tuesday, August 12) for awhile. In the evening, we sat out by a fire and enjoyed the river for the last time.
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