Western North Carolina On The Fly!

Guide to flyfishing the mountains of WNC!!

Stocked Waters

North Fork New River (from confluence with Maine and Mine Branches to Ashe County line) (2 miles)

Maine Branch (headwaters to North Fork New River)

Meat Camp Creek (entire creek) (8 miles)

Norris Fork Creek (entire creek) (4 miles)

Howards Creek (downstream from lower falls) (6 miles)

Middle Fork New River (Lake Chetola dam to South Fork New River) (7 miles)

Stony Fork (headwaters to Wilkes County line) (4 miles)

Elk Creek (headwaters to gravel pit on S.R. 1508) (8 miles)

Beech Creek (entire creek) (7 miles)

Buckeye Creek Reservoir

Coffee Lake

Laurel Creek (entire creek) (6 miles)

Cove Creek (S.R. 1233 bridge at Zionville to S.R. 1233 bridge at Amantha) (5 miles)

Dutch Creek (second bridge on S.R. 1134 to mouth) (6 miles)

Beaverdam Creek (confluence of Beaverdam Creek and Little Beaverdam Creek to an unnamed tributary adjacent to the
intersection of S.R. 1201 and S.R. 1203)

Delayed Harvest Waters

Watauga River (S.R. 1557 bridge to N.C. 105 bridge and S.R. 1114 bridge to N.C. 194 bridge at Valle Crucis) 

Click here for the N.C. Wildlife's Stocking report for Watauga County!

Wild Trout Waters

Dutch Creek (headwaters to second bridge on S.R. 1134)

Howards Creek (headwaters to lower falls)

Watauga River (Avery Co. line to steel bridge at Riverside Farm Road)