I return to an old favorite cow pasture stream for a 20 fish day.

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

Another great week of camping at Snowbird!

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

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

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

Another great camping trip has come and gone. . .

"Take me to a creek where I can catch some wild trout" (Reid Warren)

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

Here is the gospel - Laurel River begins at Belva, the junction of 208 and 212.

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.

I headed to a speckled trout stream in Haywood County that you can drive to

Even though I was on the creek from 1:00 to 4:00 on a bright sunny day that hit 87 degrees, I still caught trout!

My dad, who has never met a trout he wouldn't eat, really enjoys a newly stocked creek.

My "go to" spot when I don't have a lot of time is always Jonathan Creek in Maggie Valley.

Long Creek is a hatchery supported stream on the lower end and a wild trout/natural bait stream on game lands.

The annual Snowbird camping trip went on without founder Doug Brooks, who was on a cruise in Alaska.

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