and Jeremy Altman, owner of Buckeye Lures. Thanks to Jeff Gillespie and Mark Ellis for pointing me to Bull Sluice Lake and sharing their expertise on the most challenging of freshwater fish, the carp. A special thanks goes to Bill Howle on Clarks Hill Reservoir, Buddy Lail on Lake Varner, Nathan Lewis on Blue Ridge Reservoir, and Mike Sloan on Lake Seminole.
On the coast, I really appreciate the help of Greg Hildreth, Larry Kennedy, and Scott Owens. Also, thanks to Thornton Morris and Paul Puckett for putting us up while on the surreal Cumberland Island.
I am grateful to four great sporting artists—Paul Puckett, Bucky Bowles, Patsy Lewis-Gentry, and the late Tom Landreth (a special thanks to June Landreth)—for allowing their beautiful artwork to appear in this work.
Paul Puckett is to be recognized for specially creating his wonderful pencil sketches of the flies featured for each water.
I would also like to recognize Steve Walburn, editor of American Angler and general manager of the Morris Sporting Group, and O. Victor Miller who have both inspired me through their incredible writing. To Daryl Kirby, who gave me my first column in Georgia Outdoor News, Russ Lumpkin, Nick Carter, and Brad Gill, thanks for teaching me about good story writing. Thanks to Chad McClure, Brian O’Keefe, and Lefty Kreh for being patient in answering each of my thousands of photography questions. And I wouldn’t have had the privilege of working in this great industry if not for the graces of Steve Burch, Mike Rhodes, and one of the greatest outdoor writers in Georgia’s history, Brad Bailey, all of Georgia Outdoor News.
Of course, what would fishing be without the company of good fishing buddies? To Andy Spencer, Matt Anderson, Mark Musselwhite, Ryan Whitelaw, Daniel Brown, and Bear Keeling, thanks for those times on the water and for consistently asking me questions like, “You write magazine articles on this stuff?” and the latest, “You’re writing a book about this?” I greatly value your willingness to keep me humble when I lose a fish, miss a hook-set or, on occasion, fish without even tying on a fly.
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