That Guy Named Dan

This weekend was Trout Expo weekend. Saturday from 10-2, tons of people learned about trout and fly fishing, and got nutty on the fishing similator those crazy DNR guys brought. You can tell they just sit around and fish on that thing all day long. Kim Kilgore from the Arrowhead Eviromental Education Center brought a small falcon that was rescued from the Braves stadium.

I'm not sure who she is, but a woman from, I think, the Atlanta Fly Fishing club came to teach us how ot fly fish. She's really good at teaching and she gave me some really good pointers. We actually had several people who gave some time to get people started with a flyrod.

Trophies galore. There were some very large fish on display. Members of our TU chapter have caught some humongous fish. We had the Georgia state record brown trout at 18 and a half pounds. Wow. It's a monster too. Looks like it could take your arm off. It was caught in the Chattahoochee River.

Everybody seemed to like catching fish on the similator and slinging the flyrods around, but the big hit was fly tying. Zane and Grady, and Coach, and the guys from Cohutta Fishing Company were all tying and people were super interested. I need to work on tying flies myself. I've got all the equipment to do it, just doing it seems to be the issue. Soon I will, but I don't think I'll every build a rod.

Next Sunday, I'll be going to Cave Spring to fish the Cedar Creek. Hopefully I'll find something in there. Also, it's just about a month from the start of trout season, so get your license up to date, and get your trout stamp, or catching fish can get really expensive. That's all I've got for today.

Climbing Fences

Most definitely, April 23 and 24, we are going to Cohutta to camp and fish the Conasauga River. Boo-yah to wild trout and the great outdoors and hopefully bears. Really? OK. Maybe the bears can stay their distance. Anyway, it will my first camping trip in quite some time, so here's to preparation and being old I guess. In my 20s I could just throw my pack in the car and head out for a week or so. Now I'm not so sure. Can I bring enough food? Water? I guess I could hike out and hit a Wendy's.

To be one of them

Went fishing today. Lake Conasauga and Sandy Beach Lake and caught nothing. I really didn't even see any fish. Lots of people were walking though and there were lots of ducks. Ducks, duck turds, and trash in the water.

This weekend, the Coosa Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a Trout Expo on Saturday from 10-2 at the North Floyd Park across from Armuchee High School. Be there or be square.