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September 2, 2026

The Cashier River is one of a handful of streams in Northeastern North Carolina that is fished by the Roanoke Fly Rod Club.

Small club catches big bream

The Roanoke Fly Rod Club has 12 two-man teams; each team uses a particular fly during tournaments, which are held twice a month during warm-weather month. […]

The majority of the Lynches River is designated as ‘Wild and Scenic’.

A ‘Wild and Scenic’ river

Brian Cope

South Carolina has designated 111 miles of the Lynches River as “Wild and Scenic.” […]

Bob Smithwick caught this big bluegill on a Tail-End Charlie wet-fly fished with a strike indicator.

Most fly-rod anglers give up after the bluegill bite fades away with the morning shadows, but the fish have merely gone deeper and may have moved to lily pads and other structure away from the bank […]

Mepps’ Aglia spinning lures are dressed with hair from squirrel tails obtained from hunters.

Squirrel tails = redbreast lures

Brian Cope

What do squirrel tails have to do with fishing? A lot, thanks to the Squirrel Tail Program run by the Mepps lure company, which spinners like Aglia and Black Fury that are staples in panfishermen’s tackle boxes. […]

This bream completely swallowed a wet fly Bob Smithwick fished under a strike indicator.

Roanoke is restocked after Hurricane Irene

Mike Marsh

In August and September 2011, flooding from Hurricane Irene drove the dissolved oxygen levels in the waters of the Roanoke River down to zero for 20 days, causing extensive fish kills. […]

Morgan Watt caught this Lynches River redbreast on a slip-cork rig.

Slip corks are musts for river fishing

Brian Cope

Fishing around tight cover is inevitable along the Lynches River, because tight cover holds fish. […]

Georgia and South Carolina have extended their reciprocal licensing on border waters, including new size and creel limits on stripers on Lake Hartwell and Clarks Hill.

Reciprocal agreement with Georgia signed, takes effect July 1

From News Reports

South Carolina and Georgia have entered into a new reciprocal licensing agreement that will take effect on July 1.
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A fishing guide uses a drift boat on the Tuckasegee River, a site becoming more common every year.

Driftin’ away has merits

Robert Satterwhite

On weekends, and some weekdays, it’s not uncommon to see four or five drift boats on the delayed-harvest section of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County. […]

Wendell Wilson caught this nice Lake Russell crappie. He said fish are in their summer patterns, and fishing should only get better over the next few weeks.

Fishing at Lake Russell for crappie, spotted bass, white perch on fire

Terry Madewell

With summertime patterns locking several species of fish into predictable patterns, the fishing at Lake Richard B. Russell is excellent. Based on a productive trip this past week, the crappie, spotted bass and white perch fishing are overlooked and under-utilized fisheries on this lake. […]