{"id":27788,"date":"2022-09-26T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=27788"},"modified":"2022-09-27T06:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:14:57","slug":"my-home-run-top-gauley-x-larry-nibert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2022\/09\/26\/my-home-run-top-gauley-x-larry-nibert\/","title":{"rendered":"My Home Run: Top Gauley x Larry Nibert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/THXvMFwQaww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou may boat brown trout, rainbow trout, walleye, you may boat a few fallfish\u2026 You may boat rock bass and bluegill. You may catch five or six different species and that&#8217;s one of the most beautiful things about boating the Gauley.\u201d &#8211; Larry Nibert<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Everything Larry Nibert knows he learned from his father and his father learned from his grandfather. When you hop in the boat with Larry on the Top Gauley, you\u2019re fishing with three generations of knowledge wrapped up in a guy whose only goal is to show people a good time\u2014and catch some really nice fish.<\/p>\n<p>From its headwaters, the Top Gauley has 40-45 miles of navigable, floatable\u2014and fishable\u2014waters. But the free-flowing section is dependent on snow and rain, so it\u2019s not there every day, and when it is, anglers need the skills to navigate its rapids and the patience and respect for its surroundings. With all that, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to present lures to fish that see lures fewer than 30 days a year. \u201cThat\u2019s a diamond in a mine full of coal,\u201d says Larry.<\/p>\n<p>This is Larry Nibert and the Top Gauley his home run.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Watch the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqAWcG4wIk6M_U2rHpKTLQPqbfkrsaooP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Home Run series on YouTube<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou may boat brown trout, rainbow trout, walleye, you may boat a few fallfish\u2026 You may boat rock bass and bluegill. 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