Monday, June 8, 2009

Fly Fishing in the Southern Appalachians 6/7/09




Despite all of the rain we have had in NC the fishing rocked today. Fished a very small stream starting out and picked up approximately 60 wild rainbows between the two of us. Crazy caddis coming off and all fish were caught on a dry and dropper. Called it around 11:00am as the stream was beginning to flow through private property.




Stream#2- Wasn't as productive as the first, but still good. Derek moved a huge rainbow, but the stars were not in his favor. We caught mostly browns and rainbows with one weird brookie thrown in the mix. Fish were caught on dry and droppers. I used a Elk Hair Caddis and a soft hackle with good success.


Stream #3 - Was located on the "Wilkes County" side of the mountain and the water was high and stained. We caught and missed several nice fish during the hour that we fished.


As the summer temperatures rise, this may have been our last opportunity to fish for freestone trout in the NC mountains. For the next couple of months we will spend time tying big bass flies and getting the kayaks wet while chasing smallmouth.

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