Chattooga River - David Cannon Photography

by Matt Walters

Photo by David Cannon

We recently took a trip to the Chattooga River in North Georgia/South Carolina for a full day of fishing.  It was the coldest morning of the season so far and we were excited for what the river would hold for us that day.  We left Atlanta around 4 in the morning and arrived at the river before sunrise.  Meeting us there was David Cannon, an experienced photographer from Georgia and author of Fly Fishing Georgia: A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters.  David joined us to shoot some photos while we fished.  We suited up in our waders and rigged our rods up while David got his camera ready for the day. 

I had met David a few months prior at our local Trout Unlimited chapter meeting where he did a presentation about fly fishing photography and gave some tips and tricks to snap better quality photos while on the water.  I took some valuable notes from that meeting that I still use on the water today in my own photos.  I was immediately impressed by the quality of his photos that were displayed during his presentation, the colors were amazing and the photographs seemed to tell a story from that day on the water.



Photo by David Cannon

We dropped in the river and were the only ones on the water the entire morning.  Breaking ice off of the rods was a constant chore, but the sun finally came out and burned off the morning chill towards the afternoon.  It was quickly realized that this was going to be an excellent day as we began catching a lot of great fish from the beginning.  The highlight of the trip were the large Brook Trout we caught and each of us was lucky enough to land at least one.  The day ended at sunset when we began our hike out in the dark down the fishing trails smelling wood smoke as we walked past a few anglers who decided to make the Chattooga their campsite for the night. 



Photo by David Cannon

Throughout the day our group shared a ton of laughs and there was plenty of healthy and hilarious trash talking between Ken and Matt about who was catching the most fish and the biggest fish . All in all it was a perfect day.  David snapped some amazing photos which I wanted to share just a few from the day in this post.    



Photo by David Cannon

To get in touch with David for your own photos or to pick up a copy of Fly Fishing Georgia: A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters please visit his website at http://www.cannonttl.com or find him on Facebook under David Cannon Photography.