I caught trout in 37 new creeks in NC (13 different counties) in 2024 to raise my total to 1086! Ten of them came off my bucket list!

I got five new creeks and fished some old favorites in the last trips of 2024.

I caught trout in eleven new creeks, including four from my bucket list, and in the process got to see some beautiful waterfalls.

We had our annual camping trip at Snowbird Creek in June. I got six new creeks and it didn't rain all week!

Jason Jefferies and I fished Laurel Creek and it's two headwater tributaries back in May.

I have caught trout in twelve new creeks so far in 2024, and was a guest on another episode of Dads on the Fly.

deep pool on Rock Creek I caught trout in 24 new creeks in NC (12 different counties) in 2023 to raise my total to 1049! Ten of them...

I finished up the year getting two new bucket list creeks, Pulliam Creek and the French Broad River.

I had three great days fly-fishing for Southern Appalachian brookies (speckled trout) and got two new creeks.

I post pictures of my annual Snowbird Creek camping trip and a fishing trip to Cataloochee Valley.

In the first half of June, I fished the Davidson, Henry Fork above the lake, and Rock Creek became new creek #1040.

I fish a bucket list creek, an old favorite, and take my son-in-law to the cow pasture creek.

Good weather and a week off equals a new fishing buddy, a trip with Bobby Kilby, and 12 new creeks!

I fish Henry Fork in South Mountains State Park and get new creek #1026!

This is my favorite dry fly - it lands right, it floats good, I can see it, it's durable, and trout like it!

This is a slideshow of small creeks in NC and bigger-than-expected trout.

This is a summary of my fly fishing trips for trout in NC in 2022, including a link to my "Adventures of a Troutbum 2022" Youtube video.

I did a little blue line fishing in Jackson County and caught trout in three new creeks to raise my total to 1025,

I hike the Boone Fork Trail to Bee Tree Creek and catch wild browns on a green weenie.

Bobby Kilby and I fish some blue lines in the High Country. I get a wild trout slam on two consecutive days, and five new creeks!