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

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

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

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

I share resources and tools I use to find new creeks.

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!

I hike in to Slickrock Creek with Bryan Craig to fish for wild brown trout. I can now mark it off the bucket list!

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.

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

I get to be a guest speaker on the "Dads on the Fly" podcast!

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

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!