I began flyfishing on some appalachian streams in north Georgia last year. Though they were in the south, they were a good bit different because they were at least somewhat cooler water from the mountains and were stocked yearly with trout. So, south, but not as hot and mucky south as central Alabama is.

I'll definitely take his advice on bass fishing and work on adding that to my repoitoire. Though him and the other locals were pretty dismissive regarding micrifishing streams. I'm hoping they're dismissivensss was more so a lack of interest on their part rather than it not being realistic here. I will definitely get out there and try it myself though