The new – but blogalicious – Backcountry blog has posted an article about a sign I’ve seen several times – one stationed right outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend.

I’ve lived on the Upper Sacramento River long enough that I don’t actually *see* most of the signs anymore, though my prime fishing places are as familiar to me as my own face in the mirror (and a lot prettier).

The relief that washes over me when I see the Smokies sign should be obvious to my regular readers; I’ve endured two plane flights to get there, a reality which doesn’t wash lightly over me.

And the fishing’s about to begin…

[tags]smokies, GSMNP, great smoky mountains national park, fly fishing[/tags]