I have gigs every weekend in June, but would love to go if I can. July is real loose as we are going to be working in the studio on our second album.
Jay, that is brilliant. I never thought about it before, but fishing in contaminated water might be the best odds for pulling a trophy fish. Like you said, just don't eat it.
The north fork of the Holston is one if the top smallmouth streams in the US, and another is just over the Virginia line, the Clinch River.
Best bass fishing I have stumbled upon was on the Bruno River, which flows into the Snake in Idaho. I don't know if you can even fish there any more though. Some sort of endangered snail there.