Big-water streams such as the Nantahala River are more productive than smaller streams during the winter.
The fishing is good regardless of weather. It’s all about knowing how to catch them.
Winter comes to the mountains in muted shades of gray, green and brown.
Except for evergreens, trees have been stripped of their leaves, leaving only bare, twiggy branches. It’s a stark and different kind of beauty here in the winter. Trout streams run clear and cold, and, sadly, at record lows.
Bob Satterwhite has been writing about the outdoors, particularly trout fishing, for more than 25 years. A native of Morganton, N.C., he lives in Cullowhee, N.C., close to the Tuckasegee River, Caney Fork, Moses Creek, and several other prime trout streams.
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