The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Well, you're certainly more than welcome and as I said, if you do decide to come this way, I can help. Just give a yell.
Just as an afterthought, if you're a lover of small streams, you may also want to consider a trip to one of the trout regions along the Appalachian spine in the Eastern US. There is good small stream fishing for wild trout all along the mountains from Maine to Georgia and just about any destination in the region would put you in a position to have far more streams to choose from than time to fish them. The best of it (and this is just opinion) in terms of fishing quality and scenery is probably in Vermont, New Hampshire, western North Carolina and perhaps Northcentral Pennsylvania. The fish would average somewhat smaller than Driftless fish (but surprisingly, not that much smaller), but the scenery is a lot nicer and there is a lot more shade...:)
Just as an afterthought, if you're a lover of small streams, you may also want to consider a trip to one of the trout regions along the Appalachian spine in the Eastern US. There is good small stream fishing for wild trout all along the mountains from Maine to Georgia and just about any destination in the region would put you in a position to have far more streams to choose from than time to fish them. The best of it (and this is just opinion) in terms of fishing quality and scenery is probably in Vermont, New Hampshire, western North Carolina and perhaps Northcentral Pennsylvania. The fish would average somewhat smaller than Driftless fish (but surprisingly, not that much smaller), but the scenery is a lot nicer and there is a lot more shade...:)
Just as an afterthought, if you're a lover of small streams, you may also want to consider a trip to one of the trout regions along the Appalachian spine in the Eastern US. There is good small stream fishing for wild trout all along the mountains from Maine to Georgia and just about any destination in the region would put you in a position to have far more streams to choose from than time to fish them. The best of it (and this is just opinion) in terms of fishing quality and scenery is probably in Vermont, New Hampshire, western North Carolina and perhaps Northcentral Pennsylvania. The fish would average somewhat smaller than Driftless fish (but surprisingly, not that much smaller), but the scenery is a lot nicer and there is a lot more shade...:)
In terms of "the best of it" I would only add the state of Maine. It takes a little homework to find them, but there are still lots of small streams there (and a gazillion ponds) full of brookies where you can go all day without seeing another angler. I like the Western Mountain region, but any of the more remote locations still have the largest native brook trout in the lower 48.
Stop it. I'm beginning to develop some wanderlust -which is not in my general character.