Hello from Maine till we move to TN

[corbo]

Hey everbody!

My name is Richard, I live in Maine but really want to move to eastern Tennesse in the very worst way ASAP.

Spose I been a flyfisher for 40 years now; remember getting my first rod, an 8 weight at age ten when I lived in Jersey where nobody fly fished!

Oh well, I have enjoyed flyfishing in Maine since moving here 25 years ago but now the fishing has not been very good for many years now... I mostly fish the Kennebec and spose I'm locally famous for it to some extent (for what it's worth which ain't much) but the past few years runoff has been bad, high water and poor hatches and our season is very short.

Looking to live near the Cherokee tailwater but have to sell my place here and have an extreme foot surgery in two weeks so I don't have to wade with a peg leg.... gonna be in bed for at least twelve weeks.

Hope you all continue to post here and have enjoyed lurking on this site for quite a while.

Sorry this is so long... looking forward to fishing with any of you who enjoy fly fishing; I fish stripers to brookies here and hope to do the same in Eastern TN.

I have two jet boats, one inboard tracker and one outboard tracker... not much for rowing a drift boat (bad shoulders)... my inboard is now stored in Sevierville with a freind. Runnin skinny water with a jet is better than a Disney ride.

Been a tyer for forty years too.

SO, keep me jealous with your fine adventures in TN until I can have some of my own... with luck I sell my house here and be able to walk some time in May.

Best of luck fishing... remember that you'll never know if you don't go...

[Petey]

Maine Hey?

A writer of Fly Fishing books and is a columnist and editor for Gray's Sporting Journal by the name of James Babb, whom is from my home town of Lenoir City, Tn is now a resident Maine. Have you ever checked out his books? His brother Walter builds bamboo rods, guides and works out of Little River Outfitters in Townsend.

Hope your surgery goes well. The Cherokee watershed and area is absolutely beautiful. If I could pry my wife away from her family I would love to live in that area as well. But that is what happens when you are married to an identical twin.

This board kind of comes and goes. Sometimes were hot sometimes were cold. We have been fairly cold for a while. Having another active poster never hurt anything. We have a lot of registered members, but only a true handful of consistent posters and trip makers. Some more than others.

But generally a really good group of guys here. Except fo the occasional Bulldog fan, but that is SEC football. No need to drag you down into that mess.

Welcome to the board and make yourself at home.

Petey

[Tentwing]

Hey Richard;

Maine is some pretty country . I have been lucky enough to fish the tea colored waters of the Androscogen. My first and only Moose from a drift boat came from a Maine tail water I really enjoyed my 8 days there from the Lobster trap laden rocky shores in the east, and then to the west to finally fish for Brookies in the Northern end of the Appalachians ;D

You find a lot of pretty country in east Tennessee and the Upper Cumberland. The area does have a really bad Sherbeteer infestation though Hope you like it here.

............Tentwing

[tennessee]

Hello there, I am a TN native and would be happy to show you around when you arrive here. I live in Johnson City and call the South Holston and the Watauga rivers my home waters. There are plenty of great waters to fish with a variety of species in the backwood's, lakes, rivers and tail waters. It is really a great place to live....

Josh Conner

[clincher]

We've got some great waterside living spots on Norris if you get a chance to shop around the area for a home. Striper and smallmouth above the dam brown, brook, rainbow, striper and white bass below. Winter well and get on down here. Tell LL Bean we have a great place for a store near the Clinch River just waiting!

E.L. Morton