Tuesday, May 12 - We had breakfast, then drove to Tsali National Recreation Area, on Fontana Lake. This lake is in the middle of Cherokee National Forest and is not highly developed. We put in the kayaks and fished, but again no catches. We need to rig to get deeper here, or so the locals say. If we are going to use the fly rods here, we will need to get sinking line to get the flys down to where the small mouth bass live. We also checked out another boat launch and the campground here, which are very nice. The weather today is perfect. It feels great to have the sun shine all day.
Wednesday, May 13 - Wow, another mostly sunny day without rain. We took advantage and hiked a couple of the falls trails and fished a little on the way. We saw Indian Creek, Tom Branch and Juney Whank Falls. They are quite impressive with the abundance of water this spring. Pictures will have to wait, since John forgot to pack the cables to the cameras. John finally got to feel a trout at the end of his line. He caught a nice wild rainbow trout that was hiding behind a large rock. We also enjoyed watching some teens tubing down the river. It gave them quite a ride, a cold one at that.
Thursday, May 14 - Fished the river for a while and caught nothing. Went out to lunch in town and had a nice Italian meal of lasagna and manacoti. Sat by a fire in the evening.
Friday, May 15 - Just enough rain in the night to make it more difficult to pack up. Friends are coming into Trackrock, so we headed back to get to spend some time with them. They will be staying two nights, so we can catch up and enjoy some sites around the area.
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