Green River DH NC

[Islander42316]

Has anyone fished the DH section of the Green River in NC? Planning on trying it the end of the month. Any recommendations for flies or steamer patterns are greatly appreciated.

 

[mallardsx2]

I used to slam them there. My tactics were a bit different than what you may expect. Shoot me a pm for more info.

 

[lampern]

Yes.

There are also some smallmouth in there as well.

I like woolly worm pattern streamer

You can catch browns, rainbows and brooks.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I've fished it a few times. Kind of marginal compared to a lot of NC streams. Any general stocker flies work.

 

[lampern]

Because its marginal trout water they stocked smallmouth bass in there and you can now catch smallmouth up and down the river

 

[NCHillbilly]

Because its marginal trout water they stocked smallmouth bass in there and you can now catch smallmouth up and down the river

I would say it's the other way around-the smallmouth are there naturally and they stocked the trout. Almost every sizeable creek or river in western NC has a natural population of native smallmouth below the trout line, and a ways up into the trout line. It also runs into Lake Adger, which is a good bass and muskie lake that the fish run up out of.

 

[nc dawg]

State record Muskie came out of Adger. Big 41#water wolf
and they love trout.lotta smallmouth in the river too and good many trout as well.

 

[lampern]

I would say it's the other way around-the smallmouth are there naturally and they stocked the trout. Almost every sizeable creek or river in western NC has a natural population of native smallmouth below the trout line, and a ways up into the trout line. It also runs into Lake Adger, which is a good bass and muskie lake that the fish run up out of.

Smallmouth bass are not native to the eastern slope of the NC mountains.

Neither are muskie.

They were introduced by the NC wildlife folks I'm guessing back when Lake Adger was impounded in the 1940s.

Muskies are still stocked into the lake

 

[NCHillbilly]

Smallmouth bass are not native to the eastern slope of the NC mountains.

Neither are muskie.

They were introduced by the NC wildlife folks I'm guessing back when Lake Adger was impounded in the 1940s.

Muskies are still stocked into the lake

I stand corrected. Looks like the smallmouth only occur naturally on the west side of the divide, which runs right at the head of the Green.

 

[Concrete Pete]

What’s the musky fishing like? Do any reproduce naturally?

 

[lampern]

What’s the musky fishing like? Do any reproduce naturally?

No they don't but the lake has produced several fish over 40 pounds.

Its stocked every other year or something like that.

You can't use a motor over 60 hp on Lake Adger and to fish the river above the lake you can float with a kayak

Its within a days drive from the Atlanta area.

Unfortunately spotted bass have gotten in that lake and may change it for the worse.

 

[Concrete Pete]

No they don't but the lake has produced several fish over 40 pounds.

Its stocked every other year or something like that.

You can't use a motor over 60 hp on Lake Adger and to fish the river above the lake you can float with a kayak

Its within a days drive from the Atlanta area.

Unfortunately spotted bass have gotten in that lake and may change it for the worse.

Cool. I’d like to catch a musky.

 

[lampern]

I’ve tried a couple times there with no success.

 

[NCHillbilly]

What’s the musky fishing like? Do any reproduce naturally?

Not in Adger that I know of, but they do in the French Broad River, Fontana Lake/Little T system, and a few other places in western NC. There is some excellent Musky Fishing here, especially in the French Broad.

 

[Concrete Pete]

I’ve tried a couple times there with no success.

People talk about them like they’re super hard to catch.

 

[Resica]

People talk about them like they’re super hard to catch.

Fish of 10,000 casts.

 

[Concrete Pete]

Fish of 10,000 casts.

The flies look cool. What is it about those fish?

 

[Browning Slayer]

Sorry.. but there's only 1 Green River... I clicked on Green River.. sorry.. didn't see NC until after.....

 

[NCHillbilly]

People talk about them like they’re super hard to catch.

I don't think it's that they're that much harder to catch than other fish, there's just a lot less of them and they're way scattered out.

 

[Resica]

The flies look cool. What is it about those fish?

The Water Wolf is an awesome fish. When they are around in good numbers the fish of 10,000 casts isn't probably a fish of 10,000 casts. Love em!!