too thick to drink, too thin to plow

[redfishtom]

it would be easy to report on most of the rivers and streams around the western part of the state now, HIGH! started in the gsmnp around the smokemont area ( right outside of cherokee) fish a little higher up due to the crowds and although small caddis' were hatching there was no interest shown . tried some small caddis pupae and midges, nothing. so i fell back on the old favorites, gold ribbed hares ears and stoneflies. i even tried a bead head wooly booger. i think i heard a fish laugh and tell me to give up. so i packed up and stopped off on the tuckasseege, which right now is a cherokee word meaning "wade here and die" runs that are normally waist deep were up to my armpits.and only having my 4-weight with a floating line i was kind of undergunned. what is weird though , the french broad around madison county is at flood stage , and not one ridge over on the laurel river, it's just a little high and not too discolored.