Archive For The “Trout” Category
Had a good start to the Delayed Harvest trout waters opening in October. Took two of my favorite clients out for the day floating the DH section of the Tuckasegee River. We started with Anna setting the hook into a nice rainbow trout that measured over 15inches!! The trout fishing slacked off some during the…
Had the opportunity to teach my wife’s younger cousin the art of fly fishing over Memorial Day Weekend. He did really well listening to all the basics, practicing casting, learning to read the river, and being patient before getting out there and actually trying to catch some trout. He was able to catch a couple…
My beautiful wife and I put together and tested out our new RIG this weekend !! An Outcast Pac1300 Guide raft! The new boat got some fish slime on it too! We floated the entire DH section of the Tuckasegee river near Sylva… Other than tweaking a few things on the boat and taking some photos we…
We are very excited to announce a new boat to our fleet, the PAC1300 by Outcast Sporting Goods. We feel this boat will fit the needs of our local rivers as well as providing a comfortable day on the water. This boat will seat myself (guide) plus 2 Anglers. Over the past week we put…
Had my parents up this past weekend to enjoy spring in the mountains. They wanted to do a short hike, so I suggested heading up into the Smokies to check out the Cataloochee Valley. Plus, I figured I might be able to bring the fly rod along and show everyone a wild trout. We hiked…
I’ve fished the French Broad River twice this week, Tuesday evening and Sunday afternoon. Overall, it’s been somewhat a tough bite with the water still stained and running good. (Might be other reasons for tough fishing, spawning? fronts? fishing pressure? river traffic? not sure really…) We have managed to put 6 smallies in the boat…
I’ve spent a few weekends this Winter in the West Jefferson area getting ready for deer hunting and doing some trout fishing. I’ve fished the north and south forks of the New and Big Helton creek (which is delayed harvest catch and release single hook artificial only waters). Missed the biggest Brown Trout of my…
One of my wife’s friend came into town for a wedding this weekend. So we braved the cold weather and headed out to the Tuckaseegee for some wade trout fishing. Right from the get go, we managed to catch a few trout to keep below the delayed harvest section of the river where it is…
Fished two rivers today, the Tuck and French. Was on the Tuck by 7:50am in Webster floating the delayed harvest section. Caught about ten trout between the two of us in a couple hours on flies. Not great numbers but, three of the fish were over 15in. so I can’t complain to much. Woolly Buggers,…
Decided to float through the crowds of bankers and wadders on the DH waters of the Tuck. We did alright once we got to some clear water away from the crowds. Caught over 20 fish between the two of us. Mostly on in-line spinners, worms, and brown trout crank baits. That was really close to…
Fished in a small lake off 107 today. Caught one small rainbow on a fox spinner with a trailer. Lynae caught two nice trout, one wild looking rainbow and one nice brown at 13-14 in. She also missed the fish of the day that slammed her in-line spinner right next to the boat and started…
Had a great float on the Pigeon today with my wife Lynae!! We managed to float a 4 mile section and rarely touched by boaters, just the occasional bank fisher folks. Fishing was hot early, we did the best from 10am-11am for trout and caught a few bass later when the sun really got up…
With fairly consistent water levels and weather recently, I had the chance to hit the waters hard over the last weekend. I fished with my wife on Sunday and my good friend Cory on Saturday, both trips were on the French Broad River. These trips produces good varieties of fish including many smallmouth bass, bream,…
Headed to the Davidson River in Pisgah National Forest. Caught this Brook Trout on Video!
Fishing Update: My Fiancé just landed a job and moved up to the Mountain’s near Asheville were I have been living and working for two years in the public school system. She brought some good fishing luck with her, including landing a 18 1/2 inch Brown on the first trip out to the river (and…