WNC Fly Fishing - The Future is Downstream

Western North Carolina celebrates a unique and tight-knit fly fishing community, with an immense impact as an outdoor recreational economic driver. As the popularity of recreational fishing in these waterways grows, as more guide and gear companies are born in the region, and as generations of families and more diverse communities become involved, we must work together in conservation and stream restoration efforts to ensure clean headwaters and healthy fish populations, particularly our native Appalachian Brook Trout species, which are an indicator for all other river life.
The most current NC Wildlife Resources Commission 2022 Trout Fishing Economic Impact Report declares trout fishing in North Carolina to be a $1.38 Billion sport that supports over 11,000 jobs: www.ncwildlife...
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A MADE X MTNS production by videographer, Robb Leahy. Additional Footage by John Dupre and Joel Sandovos. Additional media provided by Trout Unlimited, Matt Kulp, David Wise, Rigged and Ready, Storyblocks, and Ian & Charity Rutter. Interviewers are Amy Allison and Joanna Brown.
Special thanks to: Trout Unlimited - Land O' Sky, Trout Unlimited - Pisgah, Orvis, Fish Cherokee, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Headwaters Outfitters, Rigged and Ready, Outdoor Business Alliance of WNC, Brown Folks Fishing, Minority Outdoor Alliance.

[@_kabseh]

Great content! I took my siblings on a guided fly fishing trip and it was awesome. I can’t wait to do it again. The element of ‘uncertainty’ allows you to slow down and enjoy the moment with nature and family. Thanks for the production of this quality video.

[@GregN-v2o]

Great job TU Team and everyone involved !

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Great video

[@jessevadala6313]

So good!!!

[@christopherpluchos1324]

Love it!

[@dogsoldier0372]

I got sick of dealing with all the idiots & the catch n kill it crowd that don’t care if it’s catch n release designated water, or if the time of year doesn’t allow for catch n keep, they do it anyway. Then add the tourons that invade the area & the trout streams you once knew & loved started to decline. I decided to buy land in another state, a private water state & develop my own stretch of trout stream. Best decision I ever made & I don’t find myself going back to NC unless I’m going deep in the mountains to some little known creeks with small wild browns. I used to love NC trout streams, they were as good as you could find, I guess all good things come to an end.

[@jonlebeau1963]

love the idea but please lay off the identity politics garbage.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

Amen!

[@ajones68]

agree, its annoying to just get different colored people for the sake of it. If we were good people, we wouldnt see color at all and actually include everyone instead of forcing it.

[@PandaMan204-jy8zv]

Whitewater rafting and kayaking flow releases kill the Nantahala as a great trout fishery. It's all about the money for these tubing companies. This PR piece doesn't tell the real story.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

Pretty good, but why does it have to be filled with marxist philosophies? You cannot force people to care about the same things you care about, you can only strive to teach people correct principals and hope they use them to govern themselves, I love the outdoors, but I'm getting really really tired of hearing people say soft marxist philosophical ideas about people and the outdoors. You cannot force anyone to care or treat things the way you do, and all the attempts being made the way they are being made are having the opposite effect on the masses.

[@nathanchapman9836]

Came here to say the same thing. The vast majority of recent newcomers to the outdoors in general, but even in fly fishing, aren’t anything at all like that which is being described in this video. Most of them just want a big, fat, hatchery trout to post on instagram for the likes, and maybe a framed pic for their computer desk. And those who do fall in line with the ideologies espoused in this video, are often from larger metropolitan areas of the country, and bring with them all manner of confused thinking that often causes far more harm than good.