Brian at Hickory Nut Gap
@bchunter
Life in Asheville & the French Broad River watershed. Rivers, salt marshes, tidal creeks, conservation. UNC grad. Former financial & tax consultant. Now I'm a fish bum, it seems. #humanist #globalist #flyfishing #waterman
And here's our flies of choice...from L to R, a topwater foam insect to mid-water baitfish to a crawfish pattern for the bottom. The smallmouth bass loved them all at different times of the day. #flyfishing
It's been a rainy two months in the southern Appalachians. But we finally got a break. So we floated the Nolichucky River in east Tennessee on Monday, and enjoyed blue skies and clear water! #Smallmouth anglers - where would you cast among all these great spots? #flyfishing
Monday float on the Nolichucky River, east Tennessee. #flyfishing
Alright all you #BuggyAF children...dragonfly or mayfly or damselfly? What's the tipoff? #flyfishing #AVL Original artwork: crookedcreekholler.com
Black-crowned Night Heron in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. #seaislands
A bit of rain moving across cocktail hour on the front porch. #BlueRidge
Scenes from the beautiful Hunting Island State Park, on the coast of South Carolina just outside #Beaufort. #flyfishing #HuntFishProtect #saltmarsh #climate #lowcountry #seaislands
Shimmering gold and white on this #redfish I met up with yesterday. Fly fishing. #catchandrelease #lowcountry #southcarolina #seaislands #saltmarsh
A Bald Eagle fishing at an inlet on the South Carolina coast today. 🌏
Actually, my favorite Maclean book is the non-fiction "Young Men and Fire", published posthumously in 1992, about how and why 12 USFS smokejumpers died fighting a wildfire "blowup" in the 1949 Montana wilderness. This man was just put on earth to write. Fly fishing.
Conservation news for the Asheville area, from the General Council of MountainTrue.org. Represented by SELC.org, they have sued the US Forest Service to cease a secret, illegal logging project in the #NolichuckyRiver gorge. Stay informed, share, support, etc. 🌎 mountaintrue.org/mountaintrue...
I just keep that short, heavy sink head line on my spare Ross spool, for redfish and bass with streamers.
"When I take off on a trip I always think, Please, if I'm going to get killed on this one, let it be on the way back, after I've caught some fish." - John Gierach fly fishing
The only fillet knife I’ve ever needed…in my tacklebox for about 50 years. Thin, light, holds an edge. Made in Finland by J Marttiini. #flyfishing @aarnegranlund.bsky.social
Full length of the French Broad through the Blue Ridge and into the flatlands of Tennessee, then on to Gulf of Mexico.
Upgraded my wet wading tools for summer Smallmouth river fishing here in the Blue Ridge. These should keep me comfortable and safe through September. #flyfishing
The Pigeon River in Haywood County, NC. Lots of hard bottom with crevices...hiding places for smallmouth bass. Great spots for wet wading all summer when it's too hot to safely catch and release the trout here in the Blue Ridge. Full disclosure: I prefer brawling with smallmouth anyway! #flyfishing
Releasing big reds back in the creeks. #saltmarsh #seaislands #flyfishing #lowcountry #southcarolina #redfish #marshlife
Recent post from our pre-spawn float trip in March. I truly value my small group of treasured guides, in both saltwater and fresh. Best way to learn new skills and new water, and to have a chance at a trophy! #Smallmouth #flyfishing #Asheville #fishbum #FrenchBroad #tightlines