I spent 3 days looking for native trout the Appalachian mountains. I explored 3 different areas and fished creeks I had never even laid my eyes on. The goals was not only to explore some cool areas, but to hopefully show you all how I find new water to fish.
On day 1 I found arguably one of the coolest places I've found so far in the mountains. I found a small stream with 2 pretty major springs feeding it. One had a small hole in the ground with a brook trout in it, and the second had a cave with a brook trout in it. Catching the fish in this creek was a challenge, but it was fun.
On day 2 I fished a larger creek in hopes of catching some big fish, but I was unsuccessful. It was one of the toughest days of brook trout fishing I've had in some time.
Day 3 is when the fishing got really good. I was able to catch several good sized trout with my fly rod, 2 of which were pushing 10 inches. Which for an Appalachian native brook trout is really good!!
Fly fishing and exploring nature is always a treat, and I wanted to show you all how much work goes in to finding new water to fish. I hope this video answered some questions and will help you catching more fish in your future adventures!
