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It's 8am on the first Saturday in a while that is all yours. You've finished your second cup of coffee and you're fighting the urge to have a third. It would be well deserved since you stayed up way too late tying flies with anxious anticipation to fool some trout into thinking that your creation is a real bug. You enjoy tying flies nearly as much as fishing. The thought quickly comes to mind that it would be so easy to sit back down at the vise by the fireplace with your dog napping at your feet. But today, the river is calling and you have longed for this day all summer.Fall is veered as a favorite time in Western North Carolina by fly fishers. April 7th declares the re-opening of catch and release fishing on designated rivers known as Delayed Harvest. Trout thrive in clean, cool water. In early summer, when some streams begin to get too warm for the trout to survive, the N.C. Wildlife Resources opens the streams to harvest under hatchery supported regulations (the first Saturday in June). This keeps fish populations more in line with stream conditions and allows for better trout population management from year to year. By delaying harvest of trout stocked in certain bodies of water, the Commission provides anglers with high quality, catch-and-release fishing opportunities in the fall. Delayed harvest waters, which are marked with black-and-white signs, may be fished only with artificial lures with one single hook. Perfect for fly fishers. Where to Fish in Western North Carolina Henderson County North Fork Mills River (game land portion below the Hendersonville watershed dam) Haywood County Richland Creek (Russ Avenue bridge to US 19A-23 bridge) West Fork Pigeon River (Queen Creek to the first game land boundary upstream of Lake Logan) Jackson County Tuckasegee River (NC 107 bridge at Love Field to the Dillsboro dam) Madison County Big Laurel Creek (NC 208 bridge to the US 25-70 bridge) Shelton Laurel Creek (NC 208 bridge at Belva to the confluence with Big Laurel Creek) Polk County Green River (Fishtop Falls access area to the confluence with Cove Creek) Transylvania County East Fork French Broad River (Glady Fork to the French Broad River) (Image provided by Hunter Banks.)
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