Did a couple of hours of fishing in Paint Creek the other day and had some pretty good luck. I caught one rainbow that was around 17 +/- inches on a double nymph rig with a floating strike indicator. I had the nymphs tied about a foot or so apart with a heavier nymph on the bottom. The rig looked like:
{ 1 ft }
nymph--------nymph-------------strike indicator/float tied at connection with leader-------fly line
{ 3 ft }
The water was a bit cloudy from rain and the flow looked a bit high.
I was fishing deep runs and had the rig set to allow the nymphs to get down to about 3 feet. I slowly fished up a nice looking run and when I got about 1/2 through it BAM, a nice firm strike that doubled my fly rod over! I set the hook as soon as I felt the hit and started playing the fish. She surfaced and my fist thought was that I had a nice fish. With the light rig I was using I was afraid the line would break so I had to play her a little. It took me a few minutes to get her in, but it was worth the fight. I love landing a nice fish.
For more information on Paint Creek (http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/recreation/fishing/recarea/?recid=34910&actid=43)
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