That is some sort of indigenous trumpet vine. It gets the most beautiful rust and yellow flowers on it every spring. They are just about on every tree on our property. Some of those vines go up for 40 feet or more.
BTW I didn't mean to imply that I don't eat the occasional trout but after they get to a nice size like the one in the avatar they have overcome so many adversities that it seems a shame to kill them for dinner. Not to mention I am a long way from home and staying in a lodge. I do take and eat numerous small stream trout here in the Smokey Mountains.
