tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post7393609119111415430..comments2023-12-19T10:31:06.839-06:00Comments on The Trout Zone: Done Fishin'...David Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480485571834164857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-6259008328042570102007-07-10T18:20:00.000-05:002007-07-10T18:20:00.000-05:00the rains are coming, I can feel it in my bones.the rains are coming, I can feel it in my bones.Trevor Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873641974420846650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-52123327774135648272007-07-05T22:33:00.000-05:002007-07-05T22:33:00.000-05:00Yeah, I've seen the temps...and 4 weeks ago, well ...Yeah, I've seen the temps...and 4 weeks ago, well into the gravel at Tremont, it was 68 - so those streams that are on the lower sides of the park are definitely hurting. Meanwhile, the brookie stream I refered to earlier, while low, still had chilly water in the low 60s, so there's something to be said about the source of the water - the higher, the better, obviously. Just looking at a map, you can see how a number of the bigger streams on the NC side have origins at very high altitudes. <BR/><BR/>We hiked a fair ways up Straight Fork, but we were no where near the source - it was, with the exception of a few choke points, still pretty wide. However, judging from the amount of blowdowns we had to scramble over, and the number of dry streambeds adjacent to the actual stream, you can tell that it can carry a LOT of water when it's rainy.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, I look at the radar from up there several times a day...for whatever reason, the Park seems to miss out on the better rains - mostly to the north, sometimes to the south. There's a good batch of rain that passed through here today - it pretty much rained all day down here. It's moving to the northeast, through Alabama, but it looks like it won't reach the mountains. My fear is that the rainfall will catch up all at once, and we'll be looking at the opposite problem - scouring floods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-23634317127905256972007-07-05T20:51:00.000-05:002007-07-05T20:51:00.000-05:00ijsouth, it is good to know that the water is stay...ijsouth, it is good to know that the water is staying cooler on the other side of the park. There is some beautiful water over there. I've been watching the temperature for LR at the park boundary and it is getting dangerously warm. The low water doesn't worry me except that less flow means it doesn't take as much to warm it to dangerous levels...David Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480485571834164857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-52933989068141506442007-07-05T11:31:00.000-05:002007-07-05T11:31:00.000-05:00I wouldn't give up totally on the mountains. I ce...I wouldn't give up totally on the mountains. I certainly agree about not stressing the fish any more than they already are - my favorite brookie stream on the Tennessee side is a case in point - last time I saw it, it was really too low for comfort. However, from what I've seen, the North Carolina side has more water. We fished Straight Fork a few weeks ago, and it seemed to have a good flow of water, and the temperature was definitely cool (around 61). Some areas have been getting a little rain - it's very scattered, unfortunately. It's also unfortunate that we can't ship some of the rain we're getting here in South Louisiana up there - we're having our typical rainy summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-16352045301633578612007-07-04T22:39:00.000-05:002007-07-04T22:39:00.000-05:00Yes, what makes it even more difficult is that I j...Yes, what makes it even more difficult is that I just HAVE to fish the whole time...tough stuff...David Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480485571834164857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32835299.post-20510471725498505662007-07-03T21:48:00.000-05:002007-07-03T21:48:00.000-05:00hmm a month in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota....hmm a month in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota....total bummerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com