Today, Tellico was full of these mayflys. One paddled with me about the whole day.
I paddled near a bush to get out of the sun for a while and when I backed up look what jumped on board. Click to make the image larger. This guy also rode with me for a while. He would march back and forth from the tip of the bow to about midships then back...over and over. He finally abandoned ship.
I was not aware of this! What are the "contaminants?Anyway today I paddled the section from Smoky Branch to the Virginian Fort and back. I stayed to the far bank all the way up and the near bank all the way back. I saw two Bald Eagles, several black ducks, 1 goose, several kingfishers and a few osprey. I was able to watch an osprey dive straight into the water, completley submerge and come back up with a fish in its talons. So cool!
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Oh Great! I thought Tellico was one of the last 'clean lakes' around!
The Do Not Eat the Fish Warning sign is for PCBs (an organic compound once used for capacitors in Transformers), Murcury (a bi-product from Coal Plants), and in some areas, Chlordane (a now-banned pesticide)
Actually, the current warning is for catfish only. See the TWRA notice here: http://www.tnfish.org/ContaminantsInFishAdvisories_TWRA/FishFleshConsumptionAdvisories_TWRA.htm
What a great webpage. I am doing research on the stillborn Blue Ridge RR which would have connected Knoxville TN. to Charleston S.C. and would have traversed some of the area you covered. Also any associated railroads/industries of the area is of great importance. You have given me new leads, some great background info & your railroad related pictures are of great value to this project. I will contact you in the future about copyright, usage and credit. Please feel free to contact me at anytime at; erica973@yahoo.com
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