NWC Fish Day Three - Raven's Fork 24Apr16

After scoring a $35 pass to the Cherokee nation's Raven's Fork River Trophy Section, Chris guided me on 1/2 day wading trip there. I saw ~5 fish and caught a couple of small "wild" volunteers but lost the one "trophy" on a long distance release. Fishing was very slow and I really didn't think there were many big fish in the fairly easily read water. This section is billed as holding transplanted trophy rainbows but there weren't too many I saw over the two miles. It was frustrating and we returned to Sylva and I paid Chris for his guidance. After another Innovation IPA I headed back to the Raven's Fork and retied a rig "Colorado style" from my boxes. I ultimately fooled a big football rainbow ~19" on a Jimi's Axe and fought him for ~10 minutes to net... he saved the day on the Raven's Fk. I also fished a few minutes on the Oconaluftee River just inside the Great Smokey Mtn NP (awaiting Kala's arrival) but didn't catch anything.