# @soulfishingash on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvOEnv8tyCR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63391035-soulfishingash-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9be0237f5e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-07-27T23:52:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ashley Underwood | Lady Angler (@soulfishingash) — https://gondola.cc/soulfishingash

## Caption

It’s like @natgeo up in here! 🐍🐟 Snake eats Wild Trout! 👀

Let me first say….I am NOT a snake fan! However, I’ve been wade fishing these WNC mountain streams for about 3 years now, so I’m slowly becoming more comfortable around them.

I refuse to watch anyone feed their pet snake, but I found watching this snake attack and feed off a Native Appalachian Brook Trout strangely intriguing. It’s the first time I’ve seen a snake feed in the wild before.  The Brookie was definitely alive when it was caught & not just a dead easy meal. 

Since I began fishing (and more so since fly fishing) I have a new appreciation for all things nature.  I feel so in tune with it.  I find myself spending as much time observing my surroundings as I do fishing! I’m not going to lie…seeing my favorite trout that’s so special to our state in the snakes mouth upset me for a couple seconds.  But then I couldnt stop watching!  I’ve seen birds prey on fish and swallow them in one gulp…but with the snake it was a long process! It was pretty cool watching the food chain out in the wild I must admit! I’m definitely on my way to becoming a full blown nature nerd! 

PS- the snake caught a bigger brookie than I did that day! Crazy to me because native brookies are so spooky! 

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