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April 9, 2023 by Art of the Angle
Life goes by fast enough without us perpetually pressing on the accelerator leaving us to wonder where all of our …
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Category: Fly Fishing Adventures
| Tags: artoftheangle, brook trout, brown trout, caddis, dryfly fishing, flies, fly fishing, Fly Tying, freshwater flies, Hand Tied Flies, hatches, mayflies, monvalleyoutdoors, mountains, mountains and valleys, nymph, nymphs, passion, peace, rainbow trout, road trips, stream, trout, wet flies, wolly bugger
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February 27, 2016 by Art of the Angle
Social media made our big, beautiful world so small that we forget what damage could be done almost instantly with …
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Category: Articles, Fly Fishing Adventures, Fly Fishing Destinations, Get Outside, Native Trout, Trout, Wild Trout
| Tags: blue line, dryfly, dryfly fishing, fishing and social media, fishing secrets, flyfishing, mountains, mountains and valleys, native trout, peace, secret fishing holes, topo, Topo maps, trout
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May 16, 2014 by Art of the Angle
Mid May and I have missed the bloom of the bluettes along the banks of my favorite trout streams. Too …
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Category: Get Outside
| Tags: Autumn, bluette, brothers, brothers of the art, flyfishing, ghosts, mountains and valleys, native trout, trout, wild trout
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August 28, 2012 by Art of the Angle
Spruce Pine, North Carolina is not a bustling metropolis with skyscrapers and traffic choked freeways. It is a sleepy little …
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Category: Articles, Fly Fishing Adventures, Fly Fishing Destinations
| Tags: antique cars, car show, Classic Cars, little switzerland nc, lowcountry, mountains, mountains and valleys, north carolina, roan mountain, Spruce Pine
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August 17, 2012 by Art of the Angle
When I created Art of the Angle, I had in mind an all encompassing view of the name. The “art” …
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Category: Articles, Fly Fishing Adventures, Fly Fishing Destinations, Fly Tying, Trout, Uncategorized, Wood Carvings
| Tags: Autumn, blue line, brook trout, brown trout, fall, Hand Tied Flies, mountains and valleys, native trout, rainbow trout, waterfalls, wet flies
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March 27, 2012 by Art of the Angle
As the thunder rolled and the thermometer promised to not rise above 65 degrees, our first fly fishing trip together …
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Category: Articles, Fly Fishing Destinations
| Tags: Autumn, fly fishing, freshwater flies, inn, little switzerland nc, mountains and valleys, native trout, north carolina, Richmond, Spruce Pine
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March 23, 2012 by Art of the Angle
Finally! Barring any unforseen catastrophes, I will be fishing the great North Carolina mountain streams this weekend. My bride to …
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Category: Fly Fishing Adventures, Fly Fishing Destinations
| Tags: Beginner Fly Fishing, bream, brown trout, flyfishing, little switzerland nc, lowcountry, mountains, mountains and valleys, native trout, north carolina, pond, rainbow trout, roan mountain
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September 18, 2011 by Art of the Angle
…”there once was an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill”…for all of you Tolkien fans, you …
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Category: Articles
| Tags: and winter brook., Autumn, little switzerland nc, merry old inn, mountains, mountains and valleys, roan mountain