November 9, 2017

NC Wildlife along with the excellent staff from the Setzer Hatchery in Brevard stocked the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County yesterday but we have another stocking scheduled for the 15th which will complete the stockings for 2017.  We had many good reports from the river yesterday with many anglers some of the best success of the fall season.  It did rain overnight but not enough to change the flow of the river.

Most anglers were using nymphs, egg patterns, mop flies, girdle bugs, and woolly buggers seemed to be the common theme among most.  These are good choices but I would keep a few Blue Winged Olives since we started seeing some of them last week while floating.  It is supposed to get cold tonight and thru the weekend but it looks like we will be dry.

Scotts Creek has been fishing well upstream from town.  Dry flies have been producing many nice fish with the popular fly being and Orange Stimulator.  The GSMNP received a lot of rain on Monday and the water is starting to recede to fishable levels.  We had been doing really well on October Caddis and BWO's but we will have to see how this cold air will affect the trout.  Most of the leaves are gone and the streams got an amazing cleaning with the high water.

Tight Lines!