Unusual discovery - 06/23/05 06:58 AM
Sorry, gonna exercise my rights as a new poster one more time tonight!
I recently read about a pond in TN that intrigued me. It's a bit west of Nashville in a little town called Bucksnort (that should itself tell you that this should be interesting!). The guy that owns it is involved with a hunting and flyfishing outfitters called Game Fair Ltd. in Nashville. Apparently, the pond is fed by a number of coldwater springs, and he keeps it stocked with brook, rainbow, brown, and cutthroat trout, as well as Atlantic salmon. It's the only place I know of in this state that has brookies, except in the Smoky Mts. And it is the only place I know of in TN with cutthroats or salmon of any kind, period. And, for that matter, rainbows and browns that exist year-round are pretty unheard of in this part of the state.
He has a package that I believe includes fly-casting lessons and a day of fishing the pond. The pond is C&R only and fly-fishing only, and the cost is around $200 (varies seasonally I think). Not that I really want to pay that kind of cash for one day of C&R fishing locally, but it's got me thinkin'. Perhaps one of these days I'll luck into a plot of land in my area with a spring, and can create a pond where conditions are right for these species to exist. One of my cousins has a small hole in a field about 300 yards behind my parents' house and while he has no interest in stocking it, I've screwed with the idea of throwing some 'bows in it for put-and-take this fall. However, the discovery of this guy in humble Bucksnort has me hoping that one of these days I can do something similar.
I recently read about a pond in TN that intrigued me. It's a bit west of Nashville in a little town called Bucksnort (that should itself tell you that this should be interesting!). The guy that owns it is involved with a hunting and flyfishing outfitters called Game Fair Ltd. in Nashville. Apparently, the pond is fed by a number of coldwater springs, and he keeps it stocked with brook, rainbow, brown, and cutthroat trout, as well as Atlantic salmon. It's the only place I know of in this state that has brookies, except in the Smoky Mts. And it is the only place I know of in TN with cutthroats or salmon of any kind, period. And, for that matter, rainbows and browns that exist year-round are pretty unheard of in this part of the state.
He has a package that I believe includes fly-casting lessons and a day of fishing the pond. The pond is C&R only and fly-fishing only, and the cost is around $200 (varies seasonally I think). Not that I really want to pay that kind of cash for one day of C&R fishing locally, but it's got me thinkin'. Perhaps one of these days I'll luck into a plot of land in my area with a spring, and can create a pond where conditions are right for these species to exist. One of my cousins has a small hole in a field about 300 yards behind my parents' house and while he has no interest in stocking it, I've screwed with the idea of throwing some 'bows in it for put-and-take this fall. However, the discovery of this guy in humble Bucksnort has me hoping that one of these days I can do something similar.