I saw this book advertised on the Little River Outfitters web site, so I placed an order from the author's personal web site.
The author, Jim Casada, has sixty years of experience fishing/exploring the Smokies and after reading this book it is quite apparent he knows the Smokies like his own backyard.You can find his full biography on his website: http://www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com/
You can also order the book directly from his site. I sent him an email to ask if he would sign a copy and I had a response within the hour.
I loved the layout of the book; he breaks each chapter down into each watershed. Within these watersheds he includes bases of operation (hotels & campgrounds), backcountry campsites, and trails for access. He also includes the minor tributaries and an "A" through "D" rating system. Where this book differs from most "guide" books is: he includes a great deal of history, both researched and personal knowledge, as well as the origin of some very unique stream names.
The book also includes a park trail map, which I found myself pulling out from time to time to "follow along". I probably would have finished the book in half the time had the map not been included.
The book was also written with a very nice addition of southern dialect scattered throughout. My favorite, which he used several times to indicate a difficult hike, is "mare's shank". I actually had to Google this phrase.
Bottom line: If you've ever fished Great Smoky Mountain National Park or plan to some day as part of your "Life List", I highly recommend this book. I guarantee you will not be disappointed!
I also now know that I need to somehow find my way above this landmark:
Next up is a newly published book from the founder of Angler's Life List, the great web site for the native trout/char fanatic, Anders Halverson. His book: An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World.
Chris
Last fish of the year:
In between were all of these adventures:
I was also able to get my son (Ross) out in the month of March; unfortunately the weather was not nearly as cooperative. 
The first was on the way to the annual Elkhorn Clean-up. 
On the way home from the clean-up I made a detour, with a few WVAngler friends (fretbored, josh, and wvminer), to a brookie stream just across the state line in Virginia.
Finally, April ended with a Trout Unlimited Trout in the Classroom release followed by a trip to the same southern brook trout stream I had started the month with. My partners for the day were my long-time fishing partner (Gary) and Chad, the first time I had fished with my old partner in almost four years.
The final trip of June was the annual Middle Fork of the Williams limestone fines bucket brigade, which was attended by over fifty volunteers.
As normally happens in July, the drought set in and I did more hiking than fishing. I took this opportunity to show a co-worker (Henry from Utah) around our great state. We hiked both the Dolly Sods Wilderness and the Seneca Backcountry, where we hooked up with fishing friend and bamboo rodmaker (Phil). I was able to land one of the extremely spooky rainbows from the Seneca Backcountry.
The second trip in September involved a hike to Chimney Rocks on North Fork Mountain with Phil and brook trout in two more new streams. 
I thought I might pick up a December brookie with my younger brother, who is in from Denver for the holidays, but a snowstorm dumped nearly three feet of snow in the mountains.
