Crawdads

As a boy I spent summers with my cousins, knee deep in the cold Virginia creeks hunting our favorite little critters known as "Crawdads". Crawfish, fresh waters lobsters, mudbugs, crawdaddies- they go by many different names, but never cease to captivate a child's or young puppy's imagination. Here's one Storm and I found up on the Noontootla river while camping this weekend.

"Storm"ing the river

Took the new pup "Storm" on his first camping trip this weekend to get a dose of the good life. A constant laugh, he had a ball stomping through the woods.

Unique rock formation

I found, yet again, a very unique and naturally forming rock sculpture on a remote river this weekend. I've found these on several occassions throughout my time on the water and I've concluded they are a sculptural, hydraulic phenomenon that naturally occurs during times of high water. It is the strangest thing to walk up on one of these Blair Witch-like formations in the bottom of a ravine....and truly enjoyable.

A day in the stream...

Headed up to NC for some camping with Ashley and was disappointed to find the state sanctioned campgrounds were nothing more than a cul-de-sac with riff raff camping out of their vehicles. So the long trip back to GA was to one of our favorite camping areas with some beautiful wild trout water. Had a great time camping with the new puppy "Storm", but due to his inexperience of fly fishing, I only managed about 45 min of actual fishing. Needless to say I was still able to bring three beautiful wild browns to hand. Unlocked some secrets up on that stream today and wish I had more time to give her.

~Clayton