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Video: Summer Brookies in North Carolina

September 29, 2016

We post a lot of amazing fish (see yesterday’s 32.5-inch Alaskan rainbow), but we all know that fly-fishing is about more than size. This great video from Folkus Media drives that point home, as . . .

Video: Blue-Lining in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

July 14, 2016

Here’s the latest installment of the “Find Your Water” series, featuring angler Drew Fuller and his buddy, JP, chasing wild trout in the small streams of the southern Appalachians. This isn’t. . .

Video: The Spiritual Journey of a Fly Fisherman

June 06, 2016

Check out this 10-minute video from Chris Sheridan called “Stonefly,” which traces the fly-fishing path of North Carolina angler Justin Adam Powell. Accompanied by beautiful. . .

Classic Fly-Fishing Story: “The Lesson”

May 27, 2016

Written by: Michael Doty

Merrill Tode and her Dad, Keith, proudly display her first trout. (See their story here.)
Photo by Keith Tode

[Michael Doty posted this story to the Orvis Facebook page out of the blue, and I enjoyed it so much that I asked if we could post it here. I’m sure you’ll find it as rewarding as I did.]

Sometimes you see angels in the strangest places. It was April 4, 2015, and I had gotten onto the North Mills River in North Carolina about mid-morning, along with several hundred other. . .

Video: “Homecoming” in the Southeast

May 19, 2016

Parker Smith–who lives right on the Madison downstream of Quake Lake–sent in this cool video from a trip back to his native South Carolina, where he made the most of his time. From. . .

Video: Backcountry Brook Trout In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

March 22, 2016

If you enjoy backcountry fly fishing—or if you have interest in doing some—you’ll get a kick out of this video from Damon Bungard, product manager at Jackson Kayak and brand manager for. . .

5 Things to Know About Fly-Fishing for Bonito in the Carolinas

March 16, 2016

The Atlantic bonito is a blast to catch on a fly rod.
Photos by Capt. Gordon Churchill

It’s not bonita. Atlantic bonito are not the fish that anglers farther south call bonita; those are actually false albacore. But we are talking about the same fish that guys in the Northeast. . .

Video: Quite a Year on the Water

January 25, 2016

Regular readers of this blog know how much I love to see the young’uns get passionate about fly fishing, and the teens behind WildFly Productions really fit the bill. Check out their year-end. . .

Photos: Zen and the Art of Brook Trout

December 11, 2015

Wild brook trout are well worth the hike in to headwaters streams.
All photos by Mike Jennette

Reader Mike Jennette caught this sweet, 9.5-inch wild brook trout last month in Mitchell County, North Carolina. He was casting a size 10 Olive Woolly Bugger in a crystal-clear, . . .

Photos: A Solo Brook-Trout Journey in GSMNP

September 17, 2015

They do not grow large, but Southern Appalachian brookies are stunning.
Photos by Damon Bungard

Recent Trout Bum of the Week Damon Bungard sent in these great images from a recent hiking trip into Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina in search of brook. . .