Busy Weekend

This past weekend was real busy. I'm preparing for my parents visit from Sweden. I haven't seen dad since 2005 so it's exciting. We are going to take if mostly easy and maybe do a few day trips.

I washed my car, cleaned house and washed windows. I did the grass and watered the shrubs. I even got to fish the Clinch on Saturday morning. I caught and released about 9 rainbows. The biggest was 13" and took a small black midge beadhead. The water was bone chilling cod at 53 degrees.

Good Fishing on Clinch Today

I didn't get up early this morning, didn't feel real well. I'm glad I decided to go anyway, since I caught two good sized Rainbow Trout today. One was 14", and the other 15", and they both took a size 20 BH black midge. I managed to catch a dozen fish and lost a handful of others. It was a nice day and a little bit crowded. The heat wasn't too oppressive.

Slow Saturday

Called mom and dad back in Sweden today, not much going on there either. They are coming for a visit in a couple of weeks. I'm trying not to have a too full of a program or schedule for them. It always seem like I plan too much and it all becomes a disaster. I'm not fishing today, might hop over to the Clinch in the morning.

Saw an awful movie the other day. The only reason I got it was the fact that one of my favorite actors "Forrest Whittaker was in it. The name of the flick! Vantage Point. I think the bad acting and the confusing ending was a bore.

Anyway, not much to update. More later.

Deep Purple

No No No, I have just rediscovered the "Fireball album from 1971" What a gem. The Demon's Eye song on the remastered disk is plain old awesome.



Other music I have listened to lately, Mudcrutch, Tom Petty's latest project. Very traditional and shall we say a little on the dull side.



Deep Purples remastered "Stormbringer" is okay. The sound is still not up to todays standards. I guess you can only do so much with poor master tapes . The standout is "Soldier of Fortune".



Btw, what a lovely magazine Blue Ridge Country is. I am lost in its magic at the moment.

Tour of Western NC

Took a drive around western NC yesterday. Decided to fish a couple of small streams in the park and in between I did some sightseeing. I stopped at the Nantahala Whitewater section to snap this picture. Looks like fun. I had a nice afternoon but the fish were on the small side today.