| NC trout fishing is a challenging adventure, well | | | | speckled trout). Actually belongs to the family of |
| worth your time and efforts to learn. I have | | | | salmon species. It has fins that are orange, and a |
| heard old timers who have been fishing for 70 to | | | | fancy white stripe on the side. It is spotted with |
| 80 years say they still discover new tricks of the | | | | orange and black marking. Quite different from |
| trade. You, as a fish fever fanatic, will experience | | | | the others, but all are very pretty and colorful. |
| thrill after thrill in the mountain streams as well as | | | | There are good fly fishing waters all over the |
| the low lands. You'll find fly fishing gets into your | | | | country, but NC trout fishing offers some of the |
| blood after the very first time. | | | | best. The main areas are in the famous Smoky |
| In these fertile, as well as lovely streams, you'll | | | | Mountains of North Carolina, where Smoky the |
| find 3 kinds of trout... | | | | Bear lives. Boone NC, and of course the traditional |
| 1 - Rainbow Trout. This is a game fish, loving | | | | Blue Ridge Mountains, which covers my stomping |
| freshwaters, which can have a band on either of | | | | ground. |
| its sides that will appear to be pink or light red. | | | | The historic Appalachian also covers some of the |
| There'll be many dark spots helping to identify it. | | | | best streams, along with vast beauty just like the |
| Originally, the rainbow came from North America, | | | | above. |
| but it is widely populated now. | | | | You will have many good times, and some bad |
| 2 - Brown Trout. It is also a fresh water game | | | | times. It's fairly easy to catch the stocked trout |
| fish, but from the European descent, and looks | | | | in the early season, but as the months pass, you'll |
| quite different from the other two types. The | | | | find the NC trout fishing getting a bit more difficult |
| brown trout has brownish yellow, with spots of | | | | to catch your quota. That's what makes fishing so |
| light colored red on its side. The upper part is | | | | great, and you'll get completely hooked with the |
| very dark olive colors, to black as mid-night. | | | | fever. |
| 3 - Brook Trout. (Better known in some areas as | | | | |