The Guy in a Johnboat

On the way to Santee Copper, Dad and I decided to stop by the Saluda River. We went down there and fished a little bit. Neither of us was very confident. It just didn't look like trout. No shoals! But we put on the waders and fished for while, and we were still fishing when someone putting in a boat from across the river asked us if we had caught much. We said no, and we told him that it was our first time there. And he said said go downstream from where we were and we would find some shoals. So we took the local guy's advice and went down a nature trail and found a little path down to the river, and there was a really nice shoal, and we were the only people there. So I threw a little Rebel Tracdown Minnow downstream and caught a little trout. Then, the next cast I caught one a little bit bigger. And that's how the next hour went till it was getting dark and we left. Catching about 12-inch trout every few casts.

So at the end of the day were were very thankful for a guy putting in a johnboat!

-Nathaniel