Well, it is finally starting to look like fall is coming to the NC mountains. As the water cools, I will switch from fly fishing for bass and bluegills to fishing for trout. The trout fishing will be fun from now until there are so many autumn leaves in the water that fouling on the leaves becomes a problem. Even then the fishing will remain good in pools and runs that are not too choked up with leaves. A lot of the streams here switch to catch-and-release on October 1st, but that's OK by me.

Can't wait to stalk the streams for brookies either! My favorite springtime pursuit

tryin' to catch your SECOND trout on the fly?

Haven't been out yet but I'm getting everything buffed up and ready.  Had a panic because I couldn't find a soft case fly wallet with most of my larger nymphs and streamers (later season & bass - but it was still missing!)  Just found it tonight.  Whew!

Of course, I never got near as many flies tied as planned.  I'm hoping to get a bunch of foam hoppers added to the arsenal before summer.

Only hit a couple up here in South-Eastern Wisconsin

Root, Little Green, and Kickapoo

Here is a pic of the stream I was fishing, lots of small pools and pockets in and around the huge rocks, not much wading involved, more like jumping from one big rock to the other. I was using a black wooly bugger