Another trip down Watauga River

We set out a little before 9:00AM on Saturday morning to do a little fishing on Watauga River.  It was pretty overcast to start out the morning but I had checked the weather and it was supposed to be a nice day.  The fishing finally seems to be picking up as right off we started catching some trout.  Supprising though not many others were on the water this far up river.

We continued down river with out much happening.  In one of our favorite holes just below where Stoney Creek joins with Watauga River, Jordan caught his first trout using his fly rod.  It wasn't much of a trout but as we always say "A fish is a fish".  He finished the hole by catching 2 more off of his fly rod.  I spent a good bit of the time helping him and even caught a decent little rainbow with Jordan's fly rod while showing him how to cast a little better. 

We still hadn't seen anyone else on the river until we got to Hunter Bridge.  There were half a dozen people wade fishing in this area.  Once we got down past this section we did have a group of kayakers come down behind us.  They weren't fishing but were out just enjoying the river.  They were going fairly slow so we stayed fairly close to them for the rest of our trip down river.  We also met up with another group of two kayaks and 4 guys on pontoon float boats.  I am still amazed at the lack of people who kayak fish on the Watauga River. 

We had a great day on the water and the fishing turned out to be one of the better times we have this summer.  Can't wait to get out next weekend if the weather permits.

Watauga River, Siam Bridge To Blackbottom

Here is the track for the trip.