Freshwater Fishing

Month of wild flowers, mayflies

April is the month of wildflowers and mayflies.

Service trees, trillium, trout lily, wood anemone, bloodroot and chickweed are among the first wildflowers, and March Brown, Hendrickson and Quill Gordon are among the first mayflies to hatch in the spring. […]

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Rocking at the Roanoke

It was late afternoon with daylight growing dimmer by the minute. Most fishermen were busy loading boats onto trailers after spending a day along the Roanoke River. […]

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Snow Foolin’

He wasn’t looking forward to a six-hour drive through the mountains on slippery, snow-covered roads, but Bryan Shilbett is a dedicated trout fisherman who never fails to show up for opening day of Cherokee’s pay-to-fish trout season. […]