Class got canceled this afternoon so me and “D” headed for the river. Got there around 4:30 and realized I left my net and my leaders, had to make do with some 10 lb test I had in the truck. Ended the day with twelve or so on a dry fly. Mostly rainbows and a few brook (one was the biggest brook I have ever seen). Left them biting with just enough time to hike back to the truck before dark.
It was hard to snap pics by myself but I managed to take a couple…
Very nice brookie you found there. Did you see any late afternoon rises to Blue Winged Olives? I used to love to go up there and fish some of those big pools for rising browns during the late fall/early winter.
How I do miss fishing the tooga.
Cheers,
Chris B.
PS. Bring a flashlight next time and stay until it gets dark…you won’t be disappointed (especially if you happen to be up near E. Rock when it gets dark)
Yes they were, I actually tied one on for the last 30 mins.
I always bring a flashlight with me now. One time me and a friend hiked back about three miles, and the fishing was great. So good we didn’t pay attention to the sun going down, we had to hike back three miles in the dark.
Haven’t made it up to the Ellicot area yet, I usually go to the 28 bridge or around the west fork, but that’s on my list of places to check out.
Billder, boy does that bring back some good memories. My roomate and I used to fish the Chattooga when we are at Clemson and those pics really make me miss it. Beautiful river with a lot of fish too. Its so peaceful and quiet up there, I remember one morning we had gotten there just before sunrise and there was a thick layer of fog just about 3 ft off the water and I could see my roomie just down from me in the fog working the fly it was an awesome sight and then a grown doe decided the cross the river about 20yds between us, pretty cool.
We used to fish the section of river just above the hwy 28 bridge. There is a parking area just up from the bridge, but we would park by this gated forestry road up from the parking lot and river access and then walk the forestry road about a 1 mile or so through the woods to the stream and fish there. Great spot to fish because it gets very little fishing pressure and we only saw one or two other people there maybe once or twice out of all the times we fished there. There were always some huge brown trout working a pool of slow water just down from a nice shoal. Check it out some time. I think I might have to plan a trip up there some time in the future.
That’s exactly where I was. I love it up there, but this will be my last year at Clemson, bittersweet. There’s a good amount of people fishing up there now, but the further back you go, the less people you see.
enjoy it…I wish I could be back up there. We used to camp out along the river too and wake up early and fish, good times. That first picture looks all to familiar. Good job on the fish. Oh and ditto on what Chris B. says, we used to wear out some fish just before dark and right at first light. One evening we were fishing just before dark in the same stretch where there always big brwon trout and the fish were not just rising on the insects, but actually jumping out of the water after them.
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