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Adventures of a Trout Bum
The 1,000 Creek Angling Odyssey of Ray Sugg
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6/14/22 Slickrock Creek!
I hike in to Slickrock Creek with Bryan Craig to fish for wild brown trout. I can now mark it off the bucket list!

Ray Sugg
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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Snowbird Camping Trip 2022!
This is a recap of our annual Snowbird camping and fishing trip.

Ray Sugg
Jun 17, 20221 min read
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3/26/22 Mark one off the bucket list!
Fly Fishing in Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Wilkes County.

Ray Sugg
Apr 5, 20221 min read
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New Year's Day, 2022
New Year's Day blue line fishing - I get new creek #1006 and Bobby Kilby extends his streak to 363 consecutive months catching trout

Ray Sugg
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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Goodbye 2021!
I accomplished my goal of catching trout in 1,000 NC creeks in 2021. What's next?

Ray Sugg
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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"Dads on the Fly" podcast
I get to be a guest speaker on the "Dads on the Fly" podcast!

Ray Sugg
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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June 26 - More New Creeks!
After catching trout in creek #1000, there was still plenty of daylight left, so why not find some more new creeks? We all drove up to a...

Ray Sugg
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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June 26, 2021 #1,000 CREEKS!
I accomplish my goal of catching trout on a fly in 1000 NC trout streams!

Ray Sugg
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Snowbird Camping Trip 2021
Another great week of camping at Snowbird!

Ray Sugg
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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November 3, Watauga County, 990 Creeks!
I met Bobby Kilby in Boone for some blue line fishing and got three new creeks to raise my total to 990!

Ray Sugg
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Good Day in Maggie Valley! 8/26/20
I caught all three species of stockers and wild rainbows and browns in Jonathan Creek, and before the day was done, specs in a tributary!

Ray Sugg
Sep 1, 20202 min read
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July 21, 2020 - Fork Creek, new creek #981
Bobby Kilby and I stayed at the Davidson River Campground for two nights - we did more scouting for new creeks than actually fishing them.

Ray Sugg
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Tiger Trout!
Brent Turner, a former student of mine, caught this tiger trout in Little East Fork Pigeon River last week. They are a hybrid, sterile...

Ray Sugg
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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6/24/20 New Creeks 974-976!
I met up with Bobby Kilby for a day of exploring blue lines in Transylvania County.

Ray Sugg
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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Happy Fathers' Day, Pop!
Happy Fathers' Day to my favorite fishing buddy - Ray Sugg, Sr.!

Ray Sugg
Jun 21, 20201 min read
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Snowbird Camping Trip 2020
Another great camping trip has come and gone. . .

Ray Sugg
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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6/13/20 Blue Line Specs
"Take me to a creek where I can catch some wild trout" (Reid Warren)

Ray Sugg
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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4/28/2020 Four New Creeks in Buncombe!
There are wild rainbows in the Broad and virtually every one of it's headwater tributaries, but none of them are on public land.

Ray Sugg
May 16, 20203 min read
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2019-12-07 West Fork Pigeon DH
I had a couple hours free between college football games that I cared about so I made the 15 minute run to the steel bridge hole.

Ray Sugg
Dec 17, 20191 min read
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2019-08-07 Bobby Kilby gets three new creeks!
All of the creeks we fished on Wednesday, August 7 would be considered "blue lines".

Ray Sugg
Aug 10, 20192 min read
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