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Fall Issue of Southern Culture On the Fly

3:38 PM | Posted by Tyler Legg | The fall issue of Southern Culture On the Fly is here! Click the pic to read the zine.


THFF Is Alive! Just Inactive At Times... 


NC Trout Tour Trailer.. Good stuff!

11:50 PM | Posted by Tyler Legg |
A few weeks ago, I pointed some Florida anglers to some decent fishing here in WNC. Being from Florida, they're accustomed to chasing tarpon on the west coast of the Sunshine State. With that being said, their ultimate goal while in NC was to catch the only native salmonid species indigenous to the SE. Now, 6ft silver kings on 4/0 Tarpon Toads and 6" native specks on #12 dries are 2 completely different ballgames. Some of the brookies you catch around here are almost the size of that 4/0 Tarpon Toad. Judging by their trailer, NC treated them well and then some. Jeff said they're putting together a full movie on the trip. Definitely looking forward to it! Check out the trailer below:

NC trout tour trailer from Jeff Harrell on Vimeo.

Check out Jeff's site, Finatic Design Co where you'll find shirts, stickers, hats, etc. Jeff is an artist specializing in some jaw-dropping fish prints. Check out his Facebook page for more. I'm digging this decal. Available at Rivers Edge Outfitters, Spruce Pine.

Excellent Fishing Ahead...

4:08 PM | Posted by Tyler Legg |
NC DH streams are stocked and ready to go! The state doesn't stock all waters on opening day (last Saturday), but they finished stocking over the course of this week. If you're heading out to a DH stream this weekend, the fish are ready to be caught. Don't be surprised if you see (or better yet, catch) a pig. The state has done an outstanding job of stocking larger fish over the past few years. For the most part, these fish are not educated enough to be overly tough to catch. Generic patterns such as Prince Nymphs, Pheasant Tails, Hares Ears, Zug Bugs, Red Fox Squirrel Nymphs (just to name a few) will work wonders. #14 Stimulators, #14-16 Adams, #14 Royal Wulffs, #14 Elk Hair Caddis are great as far as dries go. If you really want to put a beating on the fish, check out Dave Hise's signature Orvis flies. His Squirmy Wormy, Hise's Hetero-Genius, Medusa, and Eggi Juan Kenobi will drive the fish mad. I've found them to be unbelievably effective on stockers (wild fish fight over them too). Check out the rest of Dave's selection here.

Below is the stocking report sent out by the NCWRC 4 hours ago. All streams in the list below have been stocked.

Enjoy the weekend! It's shaping up to be a good one weather-wise and fishing-wise. Tell us how you do!


First Snow Here in the Apps...

12:41 AM | Posted by Tyler Legg |

Albeit we live in the Southeast, we (NC, especially WNC) see snow on a  regular basis from December through March. When it falls on September 30th and October 1st, it gets a bit a lot of attention. Yesterday evening, I noticed that Brad Panovich, Chief meteorologist for WCNC, tweeted about snow beginning to fall atop Beech Mountain. Being the weather geek I am, I pulled up the current temps at the summit of Beech along with the dew points and radar. Low and behold, the cold air was thick enough to allow snow flakes to fall down to the higher elevations. So, I sat around and watched the live webcam up on Beech Mountain for a while. The snow came down at a pretty good clip for quite some time. Then, Boone received some snow this morning. Plenty of pics/videos floating around. Check out some of the pics/videos over on Brad's blog. Still some flakes falling out there as I type. Check out the live webcam up on Beech Mountain here.

I was tempted to just post this over on the new Carolina Weather Blog, but thought I'd share the news here on THFF. Not a huge deal. I will admit though, it's pretty cool watching snow flakes fall on September 30th.

