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This mornings' tarpon quest came to a screeching halt from 5 a.m to 7 a.m. as a huge ferocious squall line of gale force winds, thunder and lightning raked coastal Miami. At 7:15, another band of blackness marched northward, the wind picked up to around 30 knots, but the sky lightened to a ubiquitous gray blanket. I left the dock, edged up the ICW and turned into one of my "protected" spots- as if anything is ever really protected.

I found the tarpon making quick rolls into and across the wind-riffled surface. But it was the kind of "one here, one there" rolling that spells no soap and that's just what happened- nary a strike on bait or lures. The wind would stop at times and I'd sweat into the humid atmosphere and all over myself. Then the wind picked up and I donned a jacket in the cold stiff breeze under a sky with a sun that was merely a suggestion.

No consolations of "it was good just to get out" worked-nor will they ever. I ended the day by noon just plain wet and tired. A hot shower and an ice-cold Diet Coke did the trick as I continue to wrap up a story on Captain Ralph Allen and the fabulous Punta Gorda fishing. That super trip cancels today and then I'll dream of distant shores.

Jan
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Photographer Art Blank and I just cannot wait to get aboard this beauty.


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BRAND NEW MAVERICK 32 feet Hard Top Express with large fishing cockpit

This beautiful moving image of the trip was oh-so-enhanced by the rainbow trout in the pool below the falls!

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The train we're on flies by over a weathered but safe bridge to reveal this come-dive-in-me lake.

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Back in the SOFLA summer saddle, I released a 50-pound specimen this morning and lost two strikes. After that I anticipated a buildup to the west and scrammed it to port. I was safely done with the boat and marina when the squall hit.

The recollections of my Watershed Cabin in Bryson City, N.C. are tugging at me.

Jan

Well, despite a sunday of extreme showers and rising water levels of increasingly turbid stream water, we scored well on rainbow trout with guide Cory Sutton of Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC). We fly fished exclusively using fly tackle with nymphs and strike indicators.

Two special excitements were a huge brown trout bashing Corrie's hookless strike indicator ball float as well as my losing a trophy rainbow as it blasted my nymph as it dragged downstream after a drift: I was really shocked!

Last night we dined at Relia's Garden on the NOC property. I ordered the tomato dill soup and the pork chops which were pan seared with a sage gravy and served with sweet potato and collard with a butter garlic sauce. I hasten to add that some local microbrewery operations are turning out some good beers and ales, an ideal refreshment after a day of stream fishing.

The full story of this western North Carolina adventure will be appearing in a future article in CyberAngler- http://www.cyberangler.com/


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We're up here to do a trout fly fishing story in western North Carolina.

Once again, the pleasures of new pristine/pastoral environs soothe and offer a tonic from brusque and not really very hip Miami.

So far, 1 sunny day and we did the Nantahla Gorge via train with the evening topped off by a sumptuous wine, cheese, and fruit party. Today is a partly rainy day and the fishing is about to begin on the 'morow.

All possible thanks to Nantahala Outdoor Center. http://www.noc.com/

Super thanks to WaterShed Cabins!!!!! http://www.watershedcabins.com/

Much more to follow....

The excitement is building for taking some trout on fly..maybe even a brookie.

Jan

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