Went on a little adventure today (CSB & pics included)

I wanted to go fishing... I found a cool place on a map about an hour away from me, but I haven't ever done any trout and cold water fishing. Mostly just bass and crappie down in Alabama. So I stopped by a Fly shop to ask some questions... That wasn't much help because I wasn't gonna learn to fly fish in a day. But it turned out that both guys in the store had lived in Alabama before - so it ended up being a cool conversation. So I left there and went to a sporting goods store... did some Googling to figure out what my best options were. I ended up buying a simple set up and going along my way.

Well... It was a decently long drive to get to this place. Miles and miles on a dirt road, actually. Reminded me of fishing at my grandparents house when I was a child, except the scenery was a bit different.













Well... after the long drive to the supposed entrance to get to this place (in the middle of a National Forest), it turns out the gate was locked.

But I had already driven that far, and gone through that much effort... I wasn't going home without at least seeing water and getting a line in the water. So I found a place to pull over, pulled out the map, and started walking.







Saw some cool tracks along the way.










Walked and walked and walked... 'til I finally saw water.












But that was just the runoff from the melted snow on the mountains... Still had a long way to go. So I walked and walked and walked some more.

Found a cool little bridge...







And then this happened...



















The fishing itself was a failure. I came fairly unprepared, lost my only lure after 4 casts, and had to walk back. But it was worth it. Hope you all enjoy the pics. :CSB: