So, this year was a true treat when I was invited along to go fishing with the gang. Robert Bryant, Southeast Representative for The Orvis Company; Clay Aalders, Owner of Smoky Mountain Gillies and Tom Rosenbauer. Clay took us to one of his favorite stretches in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It was a rainy dreary day, but those are some of my favorite conditions to fish in. The fishing was a little slower than normal, but it didn’t matter as you could sense that everyone was just there to have a good time. Later in the day we moved to lower Little River and fished around the Metcalf bottoms area and had some great success. I spooked one of the parks legendary monster Brown trout (yes, I will be back to see him during the next big rain with Mr. 7wt and a big ugly). Everyone in the group also caught some really nice fish on dry flies none the less. We fished till dark and left with smiles, all happy to have enjoyed one this nations great and beautiful places.