You’ll catch fish – though, I would pick up some unweighted nymphs – a lot of those streams are pretty small, and not exactly a funnel of rushing water, so you won’t need to be dredging the bottom more often than not. Of course, some of the bigger systems could warrant bead-head nymphs!
I think if you used a dry/dropper rig with a small little midge or pheasant tail under a small chubby cherynobyl or an elk hair caddis, you’ll crush it. Lots of those blue line fish are huuuuuuuuungry and not shy about flies at all.
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Worth asking on r/NCWildlife for more local advice.
That said, less indicators more dry flies. Not only our drive flies way cooler, they will also genuinely catch more fish on those bluelines, you often don’t have anywhere to throw an indicator rig due to shallow runs. I would pick up some stimulators and elk hair caddis, can float smaller nymphs like midges and copper John’s under them
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Kinda depends on where you are but in Tennessee part of the Smokey’s I used to catch a ton of trout on yellow elk hair caddis, greenie meanies, and zebra midges
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You’ll catch fish – though, I would pick up some unweighted nymphs – a lot of those streams are pretty small, and not exactly a funnel of rushing water, so you won’t need to be dredging the bottom more often than not. Of course, some of the bigger systems could warrant bead-head nymphs!
I think if you used a dry/dropper rig with a small little midge or pheasant tail under a small chubby cherynobyl or an elk hair caddis, you’ll crush it. Lots of those blue line fish are huuuuuuuuungry and not shy about flies at all.
Worth asking on r/NCWildlife for more local advice.
That said, less indicators more dry flies. Not only our drive flies way cooler, they will also genuinely catch more fish on those bluelines, you often don’t have anywhere to throw an indicator rig due to shallow runs. I would pick up some stimulators and elk hair caddis, can float smaller nymphs like midges and copper John’s under them
Kinda depends on where you are but in Tennessee part of the Smokey’s I used to catch a ton of trout on yellow elk hair caddis, greenie meanies, and zebra midges