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Fly fishing near Brevard, North Carolina
372 waters with a page on this site lie within 30 miles of Brevard, North Carolina — French Broad River, Chattooga River and South Fork Mills River among them. May, June and July carry the most recorded hatches, 21 insects in May, 25 insects in June and 22 insects in July. In range: 8 blocks of public land with a page of their own and 8 fly shops. Everything below is measured or published — no ranking on this page is ours.
The water
| Water | Distance | Miles | July mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Broad River | 19.4 mi | 63.5 | — |
| Chattooga River | 16.0 mi | 27.6 | — |
| South Fork Mills River | 7.7 mi | 26.8 | — |
| Cullasaja River | 29.3 mi | 25.9 | — |
| Broad River | 26.3 mi | 25.1 | — |
| Swannanoa River | 27.3 mi | 24.5 | — |
| Toxaway River | 8.7 mi | 23.6 | — |
| Green River | 19.1 mi | 21.5 | — |
| Long Branch | 12.3 mi | 21.4 | — |
| Cane Creek | 24.3 mi | 21.4 | — |
| Little River | 3.1 mi | 20.7 | — |
| West Fork Pigeon River | 13.8 mi | 19.7 | 65.8 |
| East Fork Pigeon River | 13.8 mi | 19.2 | — |
| Horsepasture River | 12.4 mi | 18.2 | — |
| Clear Creek | 20.5 mi | 17.9 | — |
| Whitewater River | 12.6 mi | 14.6 | — |
| North Pacolet River | 21.2 mi | 14.4 | — |
| North Fork French Broad River | 5.3 mi | 13.9 | — |
| Caney Fork | 19.0 mi | 13.4 | — |
| Davidson River | 3.3 mi | 13.1 | — |
| West Fork French Broad River | 8.0 mi | 13.0 | — |
| Hungry River | 20.3 mi | 13.0 | — |
| Bradley Creek | 7.8 mi | 12.9 | — |
| Shoal Creek | 4.5 mi | 12.4 | — |
| East Fork French Broad River | 2.9 mi | 12.1 | — |
| Avery Creek | 15.4 mi | 11.4 | — |
| Wolf Creek | 14.6 mi | 10.4 | — |
| Fowler Creek | 11.9 mi | 9.8 | — |
| Tanasee Creek | 13.9 mi | 9.8 | — |
| Laurel Branch | 5.3 mi | 9.5 | — |
| Thompson River | 11.1 mi | 9.3 | — |
| White Oak Creek | 24.7 mi | 9.2 | — |
| Richland Creek | 22.1 mi | 8.7 | — |
| Big Creek | 19.6 mi | 8.6 | — |
| Dark Ridge Creek | 20.1 mi | 8.1 | — |
| King Creek | 10.3 mi | 7.8 | — |
| Little East Fork Pigeon River | 14.2 mi | 7.8 | — |
| Catheys Creek | 3.3 mi | 7.4 | — |
| East Fork Chattooga River | 13.1 mi | 7.4 | — |
| Big Creek | 29.9 mi | 7.4 | — |
| Looking Glass Creek | 6.3 mi | 7.2 | — |
| Bent Creek | 17.6 mi | 7.0 | — |
| Ostin Creek | 21.6 mi | 6.9 | — |
| Beaverdam Creek | 19.6 mi | 6.8 | — |
| Laurel Fork | 21.7 mi | 6.7 | — |
| Stony Fork | 18.4 mi | 6.6 | — |
| Cove Creek | 19.0 mi | 6.6 | — |
| Indian Creek | 7.2 mi | 6.5 | — |
| Laurel Creek | 2.2 mi | 6.4 | — |
| Rock Creek | 6.8 mi | 6.4 | — |
| Bearwallow Creek | 8.2 mi | 6.4 | — |
| Glady Fork | 10.6 mi | 6.4 | — |
| North Fork Mills River | 13.3 mi | 6.2 | — |
| Toxaway Creek | 6.3 mi | 6.0 | — |
| Hickory Creek | 23.3 mi | 6.0 | — |
| Grassy Creek | 4.7 mi | 5.8 | — |
| Corbin Creek | 11.9 mi | 5.8 | — |
| Bad Creek | 12.8 mi | 5.8 | — |
| Gap Creek | 25.1 mi | 5.8 | — |
| Clear Creek | 19.7 mi | 5.6 | — |
| Flat Creek | 15.0 mi | 5.5 | — |
| Sols Creek | 15.4 mi | 5.5 | — |
| Wayehutta Creek | 19.8 mi | 5.4 | — |
| Reedypatch Creek | 22.3 mi | 5.4 | — |
| Garren Creek | 27.1 mi | 5.3 | — |
| South Prong Glady Fork | 4.4 mi | 5.2 | — |
| Little Creek | 14.7 mi | 5.2 | — |
| Pisgah Creek | 16.5 mi | 5.1 | — |
| Camp Creek | 17.6 mi | 5.1 | — |
| Lewis Creek | 20.4 mi | 5.1 | — |
| Reasonover Creek | 3.5 mi | 5.0 | — |
| Tucker Creek | 6.3 mi | 5.0 | — |
| Grassy Branch | 28.5 mi | 4.9 | — |
| Cold Creek | 13.3 mi | 4.8 | — |
| Raccoon Creek | 19.7 mi | 4.8 | — |
| North Fork Scott Creek | 22.0 mi | 4.8 | — |
| Cantrell Creek | 6.4 mi | 4.7 | — |
| Bee Branch | 19.9 mi | 4.7 | — |
| Chestnut Creek | 6.4 mi | 4.6 | — |
| Parker Creek | 7.0 mi | 4.6 | — |
| Overflow Creek | 20.6 mi | 4.6 | — |
| Cedar Rock Creek | 3.3 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Cherryfield Creek | 3.5 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Wash Creek | 14.3 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Mull Creek | 16.8 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Garden Creek | 19.1 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Bill Moore Creek | 21.1 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Lamb Creek | 2.3 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Middle Fork French Broad River | 4.3 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Norton Mill Creek | 17.9 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Kyles Creek | 19.1 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Kuykendall Creek | 2.6 mi | 4.2 | — |
| Crawford Creek | 13.3 mi | 4.2 | — |
| Greenland Creek | 8.7 mi | 4.1 | — |
| Moses Creek | 18.7 mi | 4.1 | — |
| Mill Creek | 21.6 mi | 4.1 | — |
| Dunns Creek | 0.6 mi | 4.0 | — |
| Bearcamp Creek | 8.9 mi | 4.0 | — |
| East Fork Overflow Creek | 20.4 mi | 4.0 | — |
| Laurel Creek | 26.0 mi | 4.0 | — |
| Piney Mountain Creek | 16.5 mi | 3.9 | — |
| Chastine Creek | 17.2 mi | 3.9 | — |
| Gashes Creek | 26.1 mi | 3.9 | — |
| Dismal Creek | 4.9 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Middle Prong West Fork Pigeon River | 14.7 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Henderson Creek | 18.8 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Gladie Creek | 16.1 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Lenoir Creek | 16.1 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Ballard Creek | 19.4 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Slate Rock Creek | 11.8 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Charley Creek | 14.2 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Sam Branch | 17.6 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Johns Creek | 17.7 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Diamond Creek | 4.8 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Cove Creek | 5.9 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Courthouse Creek | 6.6 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Fletcher Creek | 13.9 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Seniard Creek | 14.5 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Laurel Branch | 20.0 mi | 3.5 | — |
| South Prong Turkey Creek | 4.9 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Rough Butt Creek | 16.3 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Little Cove Creek | 19.8 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Cane Creek | 20.3 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Rocky Creek | 27.5 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Buckhorn Creek | 2.1 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Morgan Mill Creek | 3.4 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Frozen Creek | 5.9 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Brooks Creek | 19.8 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Briery Fork Creek | 4.3 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Yellowstone Prong | 6.8 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Thompson Creek | 7.7 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Silver Run Creek | 10.9 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Gadd Creek | 19.6 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Brown Branch | 25.2 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Mason Creek | 2.9 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Sutton Creek | 5.2 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Scotsman Creek | 12.9 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Pinner Creek | 19.3 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Beetree Fork | 6.4 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Panthertown Creek | 14.4 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Right Hand Prong West Fork Pigeon River | 16.2 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Sugar Creek | 16.6 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Silver Creek | 22.2 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Patterson Creek | 2.8 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Tarkiln Branch | 3.6 mi | 2.8 | — |
| North Prong Turkey Creek | 4.8 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Lamance Creek | 5.3 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Kiesee Creek | 6.2 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Middle Fork Fletcher Creek | 13.6 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Neddie Creek | 15.0 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Beechflat Creek | 16.9 mi | 2.8 | — |
| McClure Creek | 17.2 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Jim Creek | 4.6 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Indian Creek | 5.0 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Miser Creek | 7.1 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Pulliam Creek | 18.7 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Shelton Branch | 19.6 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Jim Branch | 23.3 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Bearwallow Branch | 29.9 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Cannon Creek | 1.8 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Beasley Creek | 5.6 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Poundingmill Branch | 6.1 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Dark Prong | 6.9 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Glady Branch | 1.7 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Middle Creek | 2.4 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Johnies Creek | 6.0 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Laurel Brook | 6.3 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Bear Creek | 7.9 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Sorrell Creek | 14.9 mi | 2.5 | — |
| Blacksnake Branch | 4.2 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Big Bearpen Branch | 5.8 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Poplar Creek | 7.3 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Rocky Fork | 12.8 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Slickens Creek | 14.5 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Gravelly Creek | 21.0 mi | 2.4 | — |
| West Prong Glady Fork | 3.6 mi | 2.3 | — |
| Cold Creek | 14.6 mi | 2.3 | — |
| Anderson Creek | 15.2 mi | 2.3 | — |
| Mill Creek | 17.5 mi | 2.3 | — |
| Pine Tree Cove Creek | 21.8 mi | 2.3 | — |
| East Fork Laurel Creek | 1.9 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Tom Creek | 2.3 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Revels Prong | 3.6 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Big Bearwallow Creek | 3.9 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Dog Creek | 10.4 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Mill Station Creek | 12.4 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Sweetwater Branch | 13.1 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Beck Creek | 17.0 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Nick Creek | 17.5 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Casey Branch | 19.0 mi | 2.2 | — |
| Limekiln Branch | 2.4 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Lower Creek | 2.5 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Big Mountain Branch | 4.0 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Rockhouse Creek | 5.1 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Barnett Branch | 7.2 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Soapstone Branch | 14.6 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Ashley Branch | 18.0 mi | 2.1 | — |
| East Fork Moses Creek | 18.4 mi | 2.1 | — |
| West Fork Moses Creek | 18.5 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Joel Branch | 3.1 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Browns Mill Creek | 4.3 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Caney Bottom Creek | 5.5 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Right Fork Davidson River | 6.2 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Daniel Ridge Creek | 6.3 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Greasy Cove Prong | 6.9 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Fork Creek | 7.3 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Wesley Creek | 21.6 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Spanish Oak Branch | 1.9 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Turkey Creek | 3.4 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Log Hollow Branch | 6.0 mi | 1.9 | — |
| North Fork Tucker Creek | 6.2 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Shuck Ridge Creek | 6.3 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Bearwallow Brook | 6.8 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Spain Branch | 17.1 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Stepp Branch | 29.2 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Aiken Mill Creek | 1.5 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Jane Cantrell Creek | 3.7 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Sal Tom Creek | 4.0 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Frozen Creek | 5.0 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Shining Creek | 7.2 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Bubbling Spring Branch | 13.2 mi | 1.8 | — |
| McKinney Creek | 14.1 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Gage Creek | 14.4 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Bad Fork | 14.5 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Big Beartrap Branch | 15.5 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Bearwallow Creek | 16.0 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Queen Creek | 16.3 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Bursted Rock Creek | 2.9 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Hooker Creek | 3.2 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Beasley Branch | 3.3 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Shut-in Branch | 3.3 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Woodruff Branch | 4.6 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Jerry Branch | 5.3 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Henry Branch | 5.8 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Richland Creek | 5.8 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Pigeon Branch | 6.7 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Little Whitewater Creek | 11.5 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Flat Laurel Creek | 13.1 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Jeff Creek | 15.6 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Reed Creek | 17.1 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Stamey Cove Branch | 20.8 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Ledford Branch | 21.0 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Graham Creek | 2.0 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Paxton Creek | 2.5 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Hickory Flat Creek | 2.7 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Gerren Creek | 3.5 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Coontree Creek | 4.6 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Auger Fork Creek | 6.4 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Pinhook Creek | 12.8 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Ugly Creek | 13.1 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Spencer Branch | 14.2 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Schoolhouse Branch | 15.5 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Coppermine Creek | 17.2 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Cushion Branch | 17.5 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Frady Creek | 17.6 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Boring Creek | 3.2 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Galloway Creek | 3.5 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Little Briery Creek | 3.6 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Starens Branch | 3.9 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Camp Cove Branch | 5.1 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Melhany Creek | 5.6 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Clawhammer Creek | 5.7 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Jumping Branch | 6.0 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Billy Branch | 6.4 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Mill Branch | 7.1 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Shining Rock Creek | 13.9 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Buckeye Creek | 14.1 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Chestnut Ridge Creek | 16.2 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Little Bearwallow Creek | 3.7 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Charles Creek | 4.2 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Bart Branch | 4.5 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Scapecat Branch | 14.3 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Tom Creek | 14.6 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Boomer Inn Branch | 16.2 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Wayah Branch | 17.3 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Henderson Branch | 18.1 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Boyd Branch | 20.9 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Gaddis Branch | 21.1 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Fall Creek | 23.1 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Bennett Branch | 27.7 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Cox Branch | 2.7 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Duncan Creek | 2.8 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Mine Branch | 2.8 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Sawmill Creek | 3.6 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Bearpen Creek | 6.2 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Cobb Creek | 7.2 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Woody Branch | 10.8 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Rush Branch | 12.9 mi | 1.3 | — |
| North Prong Shining Creek | 13.3 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Hogpen Branch | 14.8 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Webster Creek | 18.9 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Mine Branch | 21.5 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Baldwin Field Branch | 22.0 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Buffeys Branch | 2.8 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Jake Branch | 5.2 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Pea Branch | 11.3 mi | 1.2 | — |
| House Branch | 11.8 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Yellow Patch Branch | 14.3 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Jesse Branch | 15.0 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Dix Creek | 15.9 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Birch Ridge Creek | 16.0 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Dryland Laurel Branch | 16.2 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Cherry Gap Branch | 19.4 mi | 1.2 | — |
| Orchard Branch | 2.5 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Jason Branch | 4.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Brushy Branch | 5.1 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Maple Spring Branch | 6.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| West Ridge Branch | 6.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Double Branch | 6.6 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Bracken Creek | 8.0 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Little Green Creek | 8.3 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Reid Branch | 8.9 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Thad Branch | 11.5 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Coalney Branch | 12.6 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Sassafras Creek | 13.4 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Green Creek | 14.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Frolictown Creek | 14.8 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Beaten Branch | 17.1 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Hill Branch | 17.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Craig Creek | 17.5 mi | 1.1 | — |
| John Brown Branch | 18.2 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Kagle Branch | 3.1 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Searcy Creek | 4.4 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Lanning Branch | 6.1 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Yellow Gap Creek | 12.1 mi | 1.0 | — |
| South Prong Shining Creek | 13.1 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Grassy Ridge Branch | 14.5 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Haywood Gap Stream | 14.6 mi | 1.0 | — |
| Fawn Branch | 3.3 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Bald Knob Branch | 6.4 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Panther Branch | 6.7 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Case Branch | 11.5 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Hammett Branch | 11.8 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Doe Branch | 14.3 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Rich Branch | 14.9 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Turnpike Creek | 15.1 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Newman Branch | 16.7 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Poplar Branch | 17.0 mi | 0.9 | — |
| Garren Branch | 2.9 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Stillwater Branch | 3.8 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Bynum Branch | 4.4 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Darb Branch | 6.9 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Sam Branch | 11.1 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Honeycamp Branch | 14.3 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Goldspring Branch | 14.6 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Camp Two Branch | 14.7 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Little Beartrap Branch | 15.5 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Rich Mountain Branch | 16.7 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Creasman Branch | 21.7 mi | 0.8 | — |
| Kelley Branch | 2.2 mi | 0.7 | — |
| McCrary Branch | 2.4 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Mountain Tea Branch | 2.7 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Cold Mountain Branch | 2.9 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Neil Gap Branch | 3.0 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Little Tarkiln Branch | 3.5 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Schoolpath Branch | 4.2 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Little Darb Branch | 11.4 mi | 0.7 | — |
| Hickory Mountain Branch | 3.0 mi | 0.6 | — |
| Brushy Ridge Branch | 3.7 mi | 0.6 | — |
| Hemlock Branch | 14.5 mi | 0.6 | — |
| Indian Camp Branch | 18.7 mi | 0.6 | — |
| Gumstand Branch | 5.1 mi | 0.5 | — |
| Dina Branch | 13.4 mi | 0.5 | — |
| Hoopers Creek | 18.1 mi | 0.1 | — |
| Davidson Catch-and-Release Water — named stretch | 4.8 mi | — | — |
| Little River Delayed Harvest — named stretch | 7.0 mi | — | — |
| East Fork Delayed Harvest — named stretch | 7.6 mi | — | — |
| North Mills Delayed Harvest — named stretch | 13.2 mi | — | — |
| Tuckasegee Catch-and-Release — named stretch | 15.6 mi | — | — |
| West Fork Pigeon Delayed Harvest — named stretch | 15.8 mi | — | — |
| Flat Creek Catch-and-Release — named stretch | 17.2 mi | — | — |
| Green River Delayed Harvest — named stretch | 24.2 mi | — | — |
Straight-line distance from the middle of town to the middle of the water. The roads are not mapped here, so this page does not give you a drive time it did not measure.
A 3-day plan
1
French Broad River
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
2
Chattooga River
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
3
South Fork Mills River
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Assembled, not written: the days are the largest waters in range, longest first, and each one carries the nearest site in North Carolina's own access file — measured from the middle of the water, so it is a place to start looking rather than a landing on that river. Fish them in whatever order the weather gives you.
Hatches to hit
The months with the most recorded hatches in the North Carolina mountains: May (21), June (25), July (22).
| Insect | Months | Hook |
|---|---|---|
| Little Black Stonefly | January–April | #16–18 |
| Little Brown Stonefly | February–April | #12–16 |
| Blue-Winged Olive | March–May and September–November | #16–22 |
| Quill Gordon | March–April | #12–14 |
| Blackfly | April–June | #18–22 |
| Blue Quill | April–May | #16–18 |
| Cranefly | April–June and September–October | #6–10 |
| Grannom | April–May | #14–16 |
| Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie | April–June and September–October | #10–14 |
| Hendrickson | April–May | #12–14 |
| Little Black Caddis | April–May | #16–20 |
| Alderfly | May–June | #10–14 |
| Caterpillar | May–September | #8–14 |
| Crayfish | May–October | #4–8 |
Recorded from the North Carolina mountains, earliest first. The year-round records sit at the bottom because they are true and they are not news.
Public land in range
- Dupont State Forest — 7.7 mi
- Holmes State Forest — 9.3 mi
- Headwaters State Forest — 9.5 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness — 13.1 mi
- Middle Prong Wilderness — 13.9 mi
- Gorges State Park — 14.3 mi
- Cold Mountain Game Land — 15.4 mi
- Nantahala Game Land — 15.6 mi
Blocks of ground with a page of their own, nearest first. Ownership from PAD-US as North Carolina publishes it.
Camping and lodging
We have campground records for Michigan and for no other state, so there is nothing to list here rather than a list somebody guessed. The public land above is where the dispersed camping is, where the state allows it.
Fly shops
- Davidson River Outfitters — 1.6 mi, Pisgah Forest
- Brookings Anglers — 22.3 mi, Cashiers
- Highland Hiker — 22.3 mi, Cashiers
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing — 26.9 mi, Asheville
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop — 27.4 mi, Maggie Valley
- Jocassee Outfitters Fly Shop and Fly Fishing Guide Service — 27.5 mi, Salem
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop — 29.2 mi, Sylva
- Cole's Bait Shop and Kayak Rental — 29.9 mi
From OpenStreetMap and a curated list, across all five states on this site. Call before you drive — a shop in a file is not a shop that is open.
Before you go
- North Carolina regulations
- North Carolina fishing report
- French Broad River
- Chattooga River
- South Fork Mills River
- Cullasaja River
- Broad River
- Swannanoa River