# Cohuttta wilderness GA **URL:** \ **Category:** Trip Reports & Planning\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516 "2017-10-15T18:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Lynch](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris_lynch/32/36_2.png) [@Chris\_Lynch](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris_Lynch)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516/1 "2017-10-15T18:19:28Z")
(snag is a buddy on a local forum, goes by snag whisperer) I left home at 3:30 am yesterday. 4hr drive. Snag made it to the trail about 35-40 mins before me and made his way down to the water to start checking things out, and left a handy marker on the trail to show me where he went down to the water. I was planning on staying the night, so had a full pack, he was just in for the day. We hiked further, and I found a spot to set up my tarp and stash most of my gear. We set on to go further downstream. The plan was to hike to a certain point and fish our way back up, but as we were going we noticed that we just weren’t seeing any trout. We’d seen some, and Snag caught one or two, higher up. After hiking 5 miles one way, we turn back. No trout that we have seen for like 3 miles. I checked the water temp at it was 64. Snag pointed out the burned canopy from last year’s fire, and we both agreed it was prob a contributing factor with less shade on the water. Once we got back up to where we known we saw some, it was game on. We both landed a million chubs. I hooked into several decent little rainbows pretty quick, but was doing awful on the landings, with 3 or 4 getting off right at my feet. This was my first time using a small (16 or 18?) dry, and also my first time catching anything on an EHC. I had a few moments where it all just came together with perfect delivery and a nice take. Actually caught one that we had seen rising, which is rare out there. Well he helped me line up some protein to supplement my dinner/late lunch, and he had to hit the trail. We parted ways and I got to work setting up camp (I had moved it earlier on our way back up, so that I could camp closer to easy fishing access). I built a small fire, and while it was getting going, I cleaned two rainbows. One, the last I had caught, had a big bulge on its belly that turned out to be a large crawfish (relative to fish size). Heads up- Victorinox makes the most badass trout knife, and it’s popular with UL backpackers… it’s their simple little paring knife. The serrated one is amazing for trout, makes short work of cutting them open, serrations make it easier to cut out gills or through bones if needed. CRAZY sharp! [https://www.katom.com/037-40603.html?zmam=29342707&zmas=1&zmac=32&zmap=037-40603&utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=adwords&utm\_campaign=CSE&gclid=CjwKCAjwjozPBRAqEiwA6xTOYHdEqu7leIpjnxAMocOb4VLqesKMcXEBqJeuogHDnOxzp-w1U0T\_qRoCpDAQAvD\_BwE](https://www.katom.com/037-40603.html?zmam=29342707&zmas=1&zmac=32&zmap=037-40603&utm_source=google&utm_medium=adwords&utm_campaign=CSE&gclid=CjwKCAjwjozPBRAqEiwA6xTOYHdEqu7leIpjnxAMocOb4VLqesKMcXEBqJeuogHDnOxzp-w1U0T_qRoCpDAQAvD_BwE) I cooked the two trout- first letting them hang over the fire from a stick while it was burning real good, then moving them to a small backpacking grill grate when it burnt down to coals. The grill is from amazon and it was perfect. I moved it and the trout around with my titanium fork as needed. Trout and ramen (sun noodles fresh tantanmen ramen from local asian market) hit the \*\*\*\*ing spot. Drank up a bunch of delicious creek water purified with my steripen, then set up my tarp and bivy. There was still plenty of light, so I figured I’d see if I could catch a few more. I was wearing my flipflops because I’d taken my boots (Five Ten water tennies) off to dry. Slipped on some moss and busted my shin pretty good, got a little road rash on my fore arm too. Dang. I went and orgainzed all my gear, cleaned my dishes, and put up my bear bag stash. Sun was starting to go down, so it was time to settle in. Crawled into the bivy and tried to get comfortable. I had a pad and sleeping bag in there with me, so there was plenty of padding underneath. Temps were in the 60’s, but holy jeez it felt soupy out. I was getting plenty of airflow under the tarp and into the bivy. Even outside it I was miserable. Leg was hurting from the earlier fall (i took some naproxyn) and I knew I would be hurting bad in the morning. F it, I’m packing out tonight. NOW. RIGHT NOW. Advantages of tarp/bivy setup… Shelter and sleep system was really all I had to pack at this point, and this only took me a few minutes. Headlamp on, pack on and adjusted, hit the trail. It was just after sundown and there was a little residual sunlight but not much. I knew I had about 1.75 miles and it’s all uphill, so after a long day it would not be fun- but the mentality was “better now than after a long night with prob not great sleep”. I was right on both accounts. The hike out was brutal, far worse than I remembered, but I’ve never done it with a full pack. The last 800 feet was straight murder. If I didn’t have my hiking poles I honestly would prob still be on the trail haha. Got out, loaded up my car, and hit the road. Got home, passed the F out. Woke up this morning feeling like I got hit by a train… OK pics now. All are taken with my phone, I’ve gotten rid of my “real” camera because my phone is simply that good. Shameless plug- I’ve got a Google Pixel. When it came out last year it was the best phone camera on the market, now it’s like #4(?). I’ll be listing it this week to help pay for the Google Pixel 2 that comes in on weds or thurs. I also have a set of Moment Lenses (wide and tele) that mount onto the phone’s case, and they are freaking awesome. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5f21652dbd70e757c8d384be1b8d434ab08b72d4.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/Znsr99)[PANO\_20171014\_081447](https://flic.kr/p/Znsr99) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bbd2c1db3430ee2fbef595490c984da1cc32e59d.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/YqweXv)[IMG\_20171014\_082044](https://flic.kr/p/YqweXv) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr There’s a trail here. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5869a13d1092d4ef8abf6b37867de47164c88b67.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/CkBq35)[IMG\_20171014\_085412](https://flic.kr/p/CkBq35) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr The Snag admiring some blowdown action. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/41c8a4cf42153cf820841c0a46d0b9458a1f812c.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/ZrMfzg)[IMG\_20171014\_123312](https://flic.kr/p/ZrMfzg) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr look at them cased caddis! [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d3515a4aad4b3594b0db1fe28e1f82b9a9d92edc.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/ZnsMJY)[IMG\_20171014\_123627](https://flic.kr/p/ZnsMJY) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr Snag with his specialty, CHUB. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cad58d0a03bb446e2b81a339de3915053c92ee24.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/ZoVxh7)[IMG\_20171014\_142144](https://flic.kr/p/ZoVxh7) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5b4ee9092eb5328c60d9938ef04263af0cbde460.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/CkBJb9)[IMG\_20171014\_150236](https://flic.kr/p/CkBJb9) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr my catch of the day. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3ad7c109b0265b5414a1828af44d8b7dbe1735a6.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/Znt1ku)[IMG\_20171014\_152950](https://flic.kr/p/Znt1ku) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr look at that crawfish! [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/32087579f5f43b2028f0982f2a87b3c1903d5a8b.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/CkBUoy)[IMG\_20171014\_163039](https://flic.kr/p/CkBUoy) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr using the Moment Tele lens. This does not look like a phone picture! [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/636e01cb418596c1ff1300bd2f51554415dce719.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/CkBZfY)[IMG\_20171014\_164557](https://flic.kr/p/CkBZfY) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr [grill](http://a.co/cEBnPI5) in use… it was perfect! [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/47c9cb8e6447fccb8d21ddc0eec9a1759d19080d.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/Yn2fmo)[IMG\_20171014\_164837](https://flic.kr/p/Yn2fmo) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr You can see my tarp and bivy [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6ce9354344708e0f1a0277b63e6ac13da64be8b3.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/Zntkr5)[IMG\_20171014\_170618](https://flic.kr/p/Zntkr5) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr MMMMMMMMM delicious [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9c0e0fc73d6217cc8a2fed95205e4101d0f34e4a.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/YqxhmB)[IMG\_20171014\_171539](https://flic.kr/p/YqxhmB) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr more than one fish came out of here [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3640274b20616688cb8d60b3c63c8af696eddc7a.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/YqxiSc)[IMG\_20171014\_183216](https://flic.kr/p/YqxiSc) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr I prob saw a thousand salamanders on the hike out. Most were Southern Slimy Salamanders (black with white speckles- touch them and find out where the name comes from) and these guys which I don’t know. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39481ac0440a0f9f150ed8ebc24368d816ef486f.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/Yn2AZ7)[IMG\_20171014\_194716](https://flic.kr/p/Yn2AZ7) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr This little dude was laying face down in a puddle and breathing slowly. Not sure if he crashed into a tree or something. [![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a3ec54082e64eb68f4eed630ba8a48214bfc0459.jpg)](https://flic.kr/p/CkCuyY)[IMG\_20171014\_195516](https://flic.kr/p/CkCuyY) by [Chris Lynch](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iso1600chris/), on Flickr Snag getting a chub with my new Nissin Royal Stage Tenkara, a full flex 3.2m that is just amazing for small water and small fish. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krEm3MznZnU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krEm3MznZnU) look at the rod flex! ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Pavlovski](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/nick_pavlovski/32/4307_2.png) [@Nick\_Pavlovski](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Nick_Pavlovski)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516/2 "2017-10-15T21:49:46Z")
Sorry you hurt yourself so much. Great reading - thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/kookagee/32/108_2.png) [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516/3 "2017-10-16T00:05:00Z")
Chris, The Nissin Royal Stage 320 6:4 is an amazing rod. It is one of my favorite rods. I love the pics especially the caddisfly cases. It looks like it belongs to the Brachycentridea family (known as the Black Caddis). Thank you for sharing a great fishing/camping trip. ---
**Author:** ![FallfishTenkara](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/fallfishtenkara/32/484_2.png) [@FallfishTenkara](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/FallfishTenkara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516/4 "2017-10-19T01:00:02Z")
Did you eat the crawfish too? 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Lynch](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris_lynch/32/36_2.png) [@Chris\_Lynch](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris_Lynch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/cohuttta-wilderness-ga/516/5 "2017-10-19T03:08:33Z")
haha heck no