The parking area. It's where the road to Cades Cove crosses the stream and the stream heads up into the mountains.
The fisherman's trail head. It also seems to be a popular rest room stop for folks coming out of Cades Cove. There was lots of TP and trash on the ground just out of sight of the road. The fisherman's trail winds from side to side up the creek. In some places it is well defined and in others it's not. Following it also requires a lot of stream crossings.
A view of the bridge from stream level.
There is an old rail road rail crossing the stream just up stream from the bridge. I wonder how long that has been there? I also saw several trout in the pool just behind the rail, but there isn't a good approach with the clear water to get to them and they were staying near the bottom.
Some pictures of the stream itself. It's a beautiful area.
Some pictures of the fish I caught. Most of 4 - 6 inches, but a couple I got out of the deeper holes were much bigger.
This trout broke my leader and stole my fly once, but I got him on the second go around and I got my fly back. He was a fun fish to catch.
This is a pretty typical Trout from the West Prong. I caught this one in about a 4ft run that ended in a small hole. You do have to be stealthy with these guys. I noticed that I got 2 to 3 casts in an area and if I didn't get a strike I didn't get anything.
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