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Hanging up the trout rod
Trout fishing and writing about it come to an end for author Bob Satterwhite. […]
Head for the Mountains
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Welcome the winter for mountain trout
Winter is a time of stark beauty in the mountains, a time when the dominant colors are blue, gray, brown and black, when streams run full and clear and icy cold and when a warm, sunny day is an event and a blessing for a trout fisher. […]
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For mountain trout anglers, cold doesn’t mean stop
Anglers who hang up their fishing gear when the cold weather of late fall/early winter arrives are missing out on some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]
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Oldies but goodies still work great for trout
Some of the oldest trout flies tied in this part of the country are still some of the best on trout waters in the high country of the Carolinas. […]
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Fall spawn brings brown, brook trout to the forefront
Spawning brown and brooke trout accompany fall’s arrival in Carolina mountain streams. […]
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August is time to get bug-eyed for terrestrials
Fish terrestrial patterns as close as you can to a stream’s banks, because when they naturally fall in the water, they typically don’t fall very far off the bank. […]
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Mountain trout require a special effort in summer
Summer conditions aren’t the best for catching mountain trout, but you can do it consistently with these hot-weather fishing tips. […]
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Social-distancing on the Nantahala
Social-distancing was a natural practice for trout fishers long before the Corvid-19 pandemic. If another fisher gets within seeing distance, it’s considered an intrusion. […]
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April brings great trout fishing to Carolinas
Beginning around the middle of March and continuing through May, mountain anglers enjoy some of the year’s best trout fishing. […]
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Will Kokanee salmon thrive In NC’s mountain lakes?
Nantahala Lake in the far-western North Carolina counties of Clay and Macon contains the usual assortment of gamefish — bass, walleye, trout and bream — but one exception makes it unique. Nantahala is the only lake in the Southeast with Kokanee salmon, a species more identified with far western and northern states. […]