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.
Trout opener will be different
March 2008
Opening day of the hatchery-supported fishing season will be a bit different this year.
Anglers should see more trout during March, April and May and fewer trout in the hot summer months.
Cherokee bolsters trout program
February 2008
Prompted in part by one of its worst fishing seasons in recent history, Cherokee fishery officials are planning a major upgrade of the tribe’s popular fishing program.
Bob Blankenship, program director, said the primary goal is to update and expand the tribal hatchery. Other goals are to install safeguards to lessen the impact of cyclical droughts such as the one that hit the Southeast last summer.
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.
Low water presents challenges
November 2007
Trout streams flowing through North Carolina’s mountains are at the lowest levels they’ve been in years, the result of a persistent drought that has affected this region and the entire state during 2007.
French Broad’s smallie action hot
October 2007
Most mountain fishing guides take their clients to smallmouth bass havens such as Fontana Reservoir or Lake Santeetlah, where a daily catch of 15 to 20 bass a day is considered a fine day.
Camp fishing best of both worlds
September 2007
You climb out of your sleeping bag, fix a hearty breakfast on a camp stove, grab your fishing tackle, and minutes later, you’re in the water, doing what you like best — trout fishing.
No packing, no driving, just fishing.
Brookie catches still permitted
August 2007
The majority of brook trout streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will remain open to catch-and-keep fishing at least for another year.
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