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East Fork Delayed Harvest — East Fork French Broad River, North Carolina
Also called East Fork DH.
22 NHD reaches, 2.7 miles of drawn channel — side channels and braids included, so more than the distance downriver.
Open in BirdTroutThe line is the water this name refers to, drawn from the NHD reaches it resolves to; the dots are the nearest gauges reporting water temperature, coloured by what they read now.
What it is
The Transylvania County delayed-harvest water on the East Fork French Broad, from Glady Fork down to the French Broad — small, brushy and heavily stocked from autumn.
Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, from Glady Fork to the French Broad River. Artificial lures with one single hook, catch and release, October 1 to the first Saturday in June.
Where it is
The line on the map is the stretch the NC Wildlife Resources Commission designates, drawn from the Commission's own Public Mountain Trout Waters geometry rather than from a boundary this site inferred.
No access site in this state's file falls within 3 miles of the mapped reach.
Regulations on this stretch
Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, from Glady Fork to the French Broad River. Artificial lures with one single hook, catch and release, October 1 to the first Saturday in June.
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. Check the current North Carolina regulations before you fish. Where this stretch sits inside a larger river, that river's general regulations apply everywhere this stretch's do not.
Best times
October through spring.
Live water temperature
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 25 miles of this stretch, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Fly shops nearby
- Davidson River Outfitters — 9.0 mi
- Brookings Anglers — 17.9 mi
- Highland Hiker — 17.9 mi
- Jocassee Outfitters Fly Shop and Fly Fishing Guide Service — 20.1 mi
- Chattooga River Fly Shop — 28.3 mi
- Cole's Bait Shop and Kayak Rental — 29.2 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 2 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.
- wildlife agency NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- guide Fly Fishing NC
The river this is part of
East Fork French Broad River — live temperature, regulations and access