While the lion’s share of bream across North Carolina fall prey to natural baits, many fly-fishing enthusiasts turn to bream during the summer when trout can be less then cooperative. One of the most popular lure choices is Accardo’s Ligon Bream Killer. […]
Often overlooked as fishing destinations, Wolf Creek Lake, Tanasee Creek Lake, Bear Creek Lake, and Cedar Cliff Lake are small impoundments of the East Fork of the Tuckaseegee River that are hardly remote by today’s standards but remain off the beaten path. […]
Fishermen looking to escape the August heat and still keep their rods and reels in working condition should consider a trip to the North Carolina mountains, Jackson County in particular. […]
Anglers who still talk about Lake Norman as the “Dead Sea” have, as Mark Twain once said, greatly exaggerated its demise. “Lake Norman has an awesome bass bite now,” said Andy Fox of Fishers of Men Guide Service. “Lake Norman is coming back.” […]
Western North Carolina streams may be best known for trout, but many of the larger ones offer another excellent and often overlooked fishery: smallmouth bass. When it comes to action, few fish can match the fighting ability of a smallmouth, and to hook one using light spinning tackle or a fly rod has to be the angling equivalent of paradise. […]
A reward of $20,000 has been offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and N.C. Wildlife Federation for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed and desecrated a black bear this past week in Buncombe County. […]
Fisheries biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on Wednesday stocked 162,500 hybrid striped bass into Lake Norman, marking a shift in the agency’s management of the 32,510-acre reservoir from a striped bass fishery to a hybrid striped bass fishery. […]
Ten defendants were sentenced on Monday, June 10, in U.S. District Court in Bryson City for illegal hunting activities involving black bears and other wildlife and related offenses uncovered by “Operation Something Bruin,” an initiative involving agencies of the federal government and wildlife agencies in North Carolina and Georgia. […]
Brook trout are easy to locate and easy to catch; getting to them is the hard part. Native brooks inhabit the headwaters of mountain streams, the wild, hard-to-reach sections of creeks accessible only by foot where the water is pure and cold, places choked with rhododendron and mountain laurel. […]
Jason Cole, who owns and guides out of Hooker’s Fly Shop in Sylva, said the small to medium creeks on the Trail are perfect for a 7 ½- to 10-foot, 3- to 5-weight rod with weight-forward, floating line. […]
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