My family and I did a float trip on the Watauga river with Judson and Elvis. With me being the only one that had ever fly fished I was rather skeptical how my wife and two sons would do. We put in at the dam and immediately were fishing dry flies to rising trout. With Elvis’ excellent guidance, my youngest son Justin caught 5 trout right at the dam before we ever started down the river. The river was really low so we got to do a lot of wading, which I prefer anyway. Judson and Elvis even made a special effort to drag the rafts into a landlocked hole which Judson said would have some rainbows over 20 inches in it. And he was right on as I hooked one over 20 inches on a dry fly. By the end of the day we had all caught several trout of all three species rainbows, browns, and brookies. We also had a great day with the weather fishing in short sleeves. A wonderful day was had by all and it was a very easy trip to do as ECO provides everything even including the drinks and lunch. Thanks again for a wonderful time.
—John Augsburger
Cape Carteret, NC