Adventures of a Trout Bum
The Blue Line Adventures of Ray Sugg

Wesser Creek (Connelly Creek trib)

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

Brush Creek, new creek #991 Confluence of Marr Branch (L) with Brush Creek (R) Marr Branch, new creek #992

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.

Peach Orchard Creek is a tributary of Carter Creek in the Big Ivy section of Buncombe County.

Balsam Grove is an interesting area to visit if you like trout farms and Christmas tree farms, and of course trout fishing and waterfalls.

Bobby Kilby and I stayed at the Davidson River Campground for two nights - we did more scouting for new creeks than actually fishing them.

I fished two headwater forks of a wild trout stream in Jackson County, raising my total to 980 creeks.

A new creek, 20+ fish, a big one, and some Swisher Sweets - all adds up to another good day!

What a good day - a new creek, an old favorite, a new favorite, a wild trout hat trick (rainbows, browns, and brookies), 40+ trout, and I we

I met up with Bobby Kilby for a day of exploring blue lines in Transylvania County.

Little Buffalo Creek is a headwater tributary of West Buffalo Creek in Graham County and is managed by NCWRC as wild trout waters.

Chestnut Flats Branch is a tiny blue line that flows into Snowbird Creek on national forest land.

I headed over to Celo NC to fish some new creeks, and then fished an old favorite in Madison County on the way home. Seven new creeks!

I caught wild rainbows in two new creeks in Yancey County that are not recognized as trout water.

There are wild rainbows in the Broad and virtually every one of it's headwater tributaries, but none of them are on public land.

I caught wild browns, got two new creeks, and got a little exercise as a bonus - what a good day!

I knew there were trout in Wesley Creek, a tributary of Fines Creek in Haywood County, but I had fished it a few times without catching any.