Short trip down Watauga River

We hadn't been on the water the last couple of weekends so Jordan and I got up late Saturday morning and decided to hit the river. We got everything loaded up and set out fron Hunter Bridge on Watauga River. We usually put in farther up river but since it was around noon when we got started and generation was to start at 1 PM we decided to make it a shorter trip.

Right away we started catching fish. There is a great little hole just past the bridge and between the two of us we caught 13 trout out of it. All of them were rainbows between 10 and 14 inches. We moved on to let some of the folks wade fishing get a little action.

The next few holes we normally fish turned out pretty hot just as the first one was. I finally got the chance to snap a photo of a trout as Jordan was getting the hook out. It seems like every time he catches one I am not able to get a picture and it's pretty hard to get a picture of one I have caught.

We didn't make it far down the river though when some storm clouds rolled in on us. We barely got out of the river and had my wife meet us where we were before the rain unloaded. It wasn't a long float but we had a good day anyways.

Short Watauga River Trip

Here is the track for the trip.