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A Guide to Fly Fishing North Carolina mountain trout streams

Saturday, 12 June 2004

The trout streams in the Blue Ridge , Appalachian , & Great Smoky mountains of North Carolina from Cherokee to Asheville to Boone host the best fishing streams there are in North Carolina . Some of our neighboring states contain great

Fly Fishing trout waters also. With such close access to Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Georgia the fishing possibilities seem endless. In most of these trout streams and rivers you can catch all three types of trout; like

Brook Trout,

Rainbow Trout, and

Brown Trout. The wild fish tend to be smaller in NC, more so than the stocked ones, but it takes more stealth to catch the wild trout when fly fishing. The stocked trout are easy to catch at first, but harder as the season progresses. Over all fly fishing in the North Carolina mountains is an exceptional trout fishing haven with over 3,000 miles of trout streams open to fishing through out Western NC. All these streams are enjoyed by many beginners and old timers a like. Once the bug grabs you it will make you think about fly fishing All The Time

This site is a guide to Fly Fishing North Carolina Mountain Trout Streams, you'll find; Pictures of my fly fishing trips with in North Carolina , flies I used to catch these trout, entomology to help you understand the insect trout eat along with a local Hatch Chart to see what is hatching on your local streams, interactive maps to help find these fly fishing streams in NC, trout stocking schedule to all North Carolina trout streams and GPS coordinates on how to get to streams I love fishing. There are links to instructional subjects on Fly Fishing and local links to all North Carolina's fly fishing shops and guide services in NC. My Fishing Diary is dated and recorded with charts, maps and pictures of the flies I used.

Independence Wild Trout

Monday, 07 July 2008
Wild Rainbow Had one of the best 4th of July's ever. I was looking to get out of town for this 4th of July with the family and do some wild trout fishing and catch some fireworks all at the same time
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Wild Brook Trout

Sunday, 22 June 2008
Wild Brookies Well it was a Friday night and I needed to get a break from work this weekend, but at the same time I almost needed to stay home and do some work too.
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Bass on the Fly

Saturday, 17 May 2008
Bass Well I hit my favorite little pond for a little Fly Fishing for Bass & Bluegill
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Father-Son Bluegillin

Saturday, 03 May 2008
Best Ever Father-Son Bluegillin---As all things in life, not all go according to plan. Such was the case for my wife Saturday morning when I took my son fishing.
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Bluegill Fever

Saturday, 19 April 2008
Bluegill Fever Bluegill Fever 4-19-2008 -- The weather was nice today so I took out the toon to an area that has several ponds and decided to try some new foam beetle patterns.
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Wild Trout and the Greendrake Hatch

Saturday, 03 November 2007
Green Drake I try to find an excuse to get outside and lose myself in the mountains in every season, but May is the month I have always dedicated to wading in cold spring creeks in the pursuit of native trout.
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Fly Fishing Feathers

Saturday, 03 November 2007
Rooster While I was in college a marketing professor once said, "If something is essentially wrong with a product. . . then advertise the hell out of the product.
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A Trip of Firsts

Thursday, 22 November 2007
Trip of Firsts Well for those of you that haven’t spent early September in the south it is still solid steamy summer and the mountains are hot and the trout streams are warm and low making it a less than optimal target for a backpacking/trout fishing trip.
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Trip of Firsts Part2

Thursday, 22 November 2007
Trip of Firsts 2 So here I stood on top of a mountain, the plan is for three days up high on a “greenback” cutthroat stream that I had never visited or seen… … another first
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