BEST SPOTS FOR FLY FISHING IN NORTH CAROLINA (+WHAT FLIES TO BRING)

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With places like Jackson’s County Fly Fishing Trail, the brown trout blessed Watauga River and plenty of other rivers, creeks, and streams,

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North Carolina is quickly becoming a more prevalent fixture on angler’s bucket lists.

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JACKSON’S COUNTY FLY FISHING TRAIL

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Located just over 11-miles from downtown Raleigh, the Neuse River makes for a great day trip from Raleigh.

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WATAUGA RIVER

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THE TOE RIVER

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BLUE RIDGE & SMOKY MOUNTAINS

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BEST SPOTS FOR FLY FISHING IN NORTH CAROLINA (+WHAT FLIES TO BRING)

With places like Jackson’s County Fly Fishing Trail, the brown trout blessed Watauga River and plenty of other rivers, creeks, and streams,

North Carolina is quickly becoming a more prevalent fixture on angler’s bucket lists.

JACKSON’S COUNTY FLY FISHING TRAIL

The trail brings you past 15 trout streams with over 36 points of public access where you can spot cast at brookies, browns, and rainbow.

Located just over 11-miles from downtown Raleigh, the Neuse River makes for a great day trip from Raleigh.

NEUSE RIVER

WATAUGA RIVER

If you want to fish on a river where the trout are healthy and plentiful, then the Watauga River is hard to beat anywhere else in the country, let alone in North Carolina!

THE TOE RIVER

The Toe River in Avery County is one of the lesser-known fly fishing destinations in North Carolina, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still one of the best.

BLUE RIDGE & SMOKY MOUNTAINS

Western North Carolina’s famed Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain ranges tower around the city of Asheville and are teeming with healthy populations of Rainbow, Brook, and Brown trout, as well as small and largemouth bass, Sunfish and Crappie.

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