[speckfishn]

Since the French Broad never clears up enough to catch smallies. Does anyone know where else to go around Asheville to get smallmouth on the fly?

 

[wademaster]

If the water's just muddy and not high/too fast I've caught them on loud/noise producing lures in the past. Rapala Jointed Shad Rap in fire craw color and spinner baits (the bigger style)....


Sent from my kayak...

 

[gambusia]

Swannanoa River in Biltmore

It holds a few smallies and largemouth plus chain pickerel

 

[slickrocktom]

farther out but try the Big Ivy or Laurel.......

 

[Dylar]

Swannanoa River in Biltmore

It holds a few smallies and largemouth plus chain pickerel

I took a toad of a smallie out there last spring. It puked up a stocktard brook trout.

 

[gambusia]

There are some nice fish in there just not a lot of them.

 

[canoecat54]

If the water's just muddy and not high/too fast I've caught them on loud/noise producing lures in the past. Rapala Jointed Shad Rap in fire craw color and spinner baits (the bigger style)....


Sent from my kayak...

took the words right out of my mouth. the pigeon river, the tuck, little tennessee, the broad, just about any good size flow will have smallies. or you can go to a lake like fontana, gleenville, james, etc.

 

[slickrocktom]

when the FB is too thin to drink and too thick to plow I usually hole-hop to the places where smaller creeks come into it.

 

[streamfisher]

Caught my biggest smalls on a fly out of Big Ivy River, a tributary to the FB. Way back in the woods , pretty back in there. Only fish I caught but well worth it. asheville is eat up with smallie water.