Head for the Mountains Archives - Page 14 of 19

April 25, 2024

Mountain lakes offer excellent walleye, bass

In late winter and early spring, when nothing else is biting, you can always count on catching walleye and smallmouth bass. […]

All is not lost for winter anglers

Robert Satterwhite

Trout activity slows to a snail’s pace in the winter, when streams are icy cold and often iced-over on the fringes. Hatches are fewer, and topwater action is minimal. […]

Brook trout: a true mountain treasure

Robert Satterwhite

Brook trout have inhabited mountain streams for thousands of years, possibly pre-dating humans. […]

Fall: prime time for brooks, browns

Robert Satterwhite

The two best trout-fishing seasons are spring and fall. In early spring, wildflowers poke out of winter leaf cover, and trees begin to bud. […]

For late-summer, go with terrestrials

Robert Satterwhite

I discovered on a late summer outing to Tanasee Creek in Jackson County that brown trout are especially fond of inchworms. […]

Traditional flies will still catch trout

Robert Satterwhite

Long before the first settlers arrived in Western North Carolina mountains, and long before “gentlemen” fly fishers discovered the fine trout waters of the Southern Appalachians, the Cherokee were using flies to catch trout, not for sport, but for food. […]