Blue-line fly fishing near Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany County NC

I fish a blue line on Balsam Mountain and get new creek #1012.

I did a little blue line fishing in Wilkes County and caught wild rainbows in three new creeks to raise my total to 1011.

Fly Fishing in Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Wilkes County.

This is my bucket list for the eastern half of NC trout water.

Here is the list of NC trout streams in and west of Buncombe County that I plan on fishing as soon as I can.

New Year's Day blue line fishing - I get new creek #1006 and Bobby Kilby extends his streak to 363 consecutive months catching trout

I accomplished my goal of catching trout in 1,000 NC creeks in 2021. What's next?

The November/December 2021 edition of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine contains writer Jack Horan's story "Man of a Thousand Streams"

I did some blue line fishing in Madison County NC and got new creek #1004 - South Fork Big Pine Creek.

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...

I accomplish my goal of catching trout on a fly in 1000 NC trout streams!

I caught wild rainbows in Horse Cove Branch in Graham County, raising my total to 999 NC creeks!

April 6, 2021 I fished Buffalo Creek, a Rutherford County tributary of Lake Lure that at some time in the past was a stocked trout...

I had a good day fishing for small wild trout in Cove Creek, and got Caney Bottom Creek, new creek #993.

This year, I caught trout on flies in 38 new creeks in nine different WNC counties. Yancey County tops this year's list with nine creeks

I met Bobby Kilby in Boone for some blue line fishing and got three new creeks to raise my total to 990!

I got the urge to catch some wild trout on dry flies and headed up to Little Laurel Creek.