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4/23/22 New Creek #1012

Writer's picture: Ray SuggRay Sugg

Nolen Creek

Richland Creek begins on the side of Balsam Mountain, runs right though Waynesville and is dammed up to create Lake Junaluska. The state used to operate a trout hatchery on Richland Creek, and nearly every tributary contains wild trout, with some even having Southern Appalachian brookies. Nolen Creek is what most fly fishermen would call a "blue line" (to be a blue line in my book, it can't even have a name), but I am sure it is nobody's secret fishing hole, so I don't feel bad about naming it. It runs right beside a road and right in front of a very popular business before going under Highway 74 and running into Richland Creek. I had heard from a reliable source that it contained "specs", but I did not catch any. I did catch wild browns and rainbows on nymphs, making Nolen Creek new creek #1012.




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