I dropped by the game wardens house a few days ago to ask a few questions and visit with my old neighbor.
Told me that this past summer he checked a bait fisherman fishing off the top of Harms Dam, this dam is 50 to 52 river miles below Tims Ford Dam. This gentleman had a 26" Brown trout that he had caught in the deep water above the dam. Now this gives me hope for the water near me, I'm almost in the middle of this distance at 25.5 river miles. I've only witnessed one very large brown and that was 2 years this coming March. Had stopped in a deep pool to help raise the water level and relieve some bladder pressure, noticed a large mayfly sitting on the surface, as I was focusing on this critter, out of the deep comes a 30ish" Brownie, missed the bug and made another shot at him. Both times almost ended up in my boat. Talking about a rush.