NcHippie

 Back in 2014 I got my first fly rod. It was a cheap 4wt from Walmart with barely any flex or give. For my first fly fishing rod it was perfect, but once I learned how to properly cast I quickly out grew it. So here I am on the hunt for a good rod. I had a few criteria. I wanted my new rod to be nine foot high, 5-8 weight, hold a large arbor reel, and have a nice warranty. At first I started looking at Reddington rods. They had just released a new rod after partnering with a golf company. Ill link the article I wrote about them here . My second choice was a Temple Forks Outfitters rod. On paper this was going to be the perfect rod. It was affordable, had a warranty, and had all the flex I wanted. I have nothing against TFO, but when I got to Cabela's to check the rod out in person I was less than pleased. It had to have been something about the action of the rod that just turned me off of it.  So, after all that work and all that research I was back to square one. at least, I was

       It's been a while since I've posted here. In 2017 I started attending a university here in NC and have loved every second of it. While I have loved every second of it I haven't been able to do any real fly fishing for the past four years. That being said, I have had a few adventures around my college town and one expedition up to Stone Mountain. I hope y’all find fun in the two stories I plan to tell you.     My sophomore year my brother and I took a trip up to stone mountain. This was the first time I had taken him fly fishing and I was very excited to show him all the ins and outs of this sport. My brother and I have both been fishing since we could walk so I wasn't worried about him messing up and spooking the fish. What I didn't plan for was how cold it would be. We decided to go on a January day when the weather had been particularly cold. Where we were fishing turned out to be completely frozen over. When I mean it was frozen it was literally so frozen