North Carolina's largest trout hatchery has been emptied as renovations are planned. A new 2026 trout stocking schedule has ...

Cold temperatures thin the crowds—but not the trout. In North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, tailwaters and sun-warmed ...

Editor's note: This was originally published in 2017. ASHEVILLE - It’s not a large fish, the brook trout, sometimes called a “brookie” or a speckled trout. A respectable catch, one worthy of a ...

Fishing the Cape Lookout rock jetty in North Carolina for speckled trout. This week on the Journal, we fish the Cape Lookout rock jetty in North Carolina for speckled trout. In "Gear Time," our ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a brown trout in a cedar tree. Translation: my wife signed off on a pre-Christmas streamer trip. I love winter fly fishing for trout. It’s ...

North American anglers are blessed. The region has some of the best trout fishing in the world. And unlike the British Isles, where most trout water is private, the best fishing on this side of the ...

Fly fishing for trout can be one of the most rewarding and exciting outdoor pursuits there is. It can also be one of the most frustrating. I often hear people who don’t fly fish talk about how ...

The conditions were finally right on Tuesday for the waters of Black Creek underneath Noccalula Falls to be stocked for the ...

Arnold Gingrich, an avid angler who also happened to found Esquire magazine, once wrote, "A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it." According to government statistics, some 11 ...