Stalking Trout in Todd



The trout stalkers

Finally, after many months and some false starts, Jim Hatchell and I were able to meet at our place in Todd, North Carolina for a day of fishing with Kelly McCoy of the River Girl Fishing Company in Todd.  I have known Kelly since she opened her shop about 5 years ago but we had never had the opportunity to go fishing together until now.

Jim arrived on Sunday evening and we had a great dinner of burgers & brats on the deck with some micro-brew he brought from Winston.  An evening of good company and conversation.

Monday morning we net Kelly at her shop and the three of us headed to Howard's Creek for some small stream fishing.  I fished a Tan Caddis with a #20 tungsten head nymph about a foot below.  My weapons were a Cortland 7' 3/4 weight rod, 4 wt line and 5x 7 1/2 ft. leader.  Small rainbows were the primary fish of the day with plenty of fish in the 5-8 inch range.  I did manage a 10" rainbow and an 11" brown from a nice hole. 

We fished all morning and then Kelly showed us a couple of access points for future fishing opportunities.  We probably scored a combined total of 25-30 fish in about 2 hours of fishing.

A great morning in the mountains around Todd, NC.  Thanks Jim and Kelly!


Todd 8/25/2010



Jim & Richard


In late August, Mary & I spent a couple of weeks at our family place in Todd, North Carolina.  We needed to do some maintenance on the deck and general sprucing up before it was play time.

The south fork of the New River flows just a few hundred yards from our house so every time we go up there, the fly rod has to accompany us. 


Richard dodging a hole.


The hot dry summer has slowed the fishing in Todd, but my fishing buddy Jim Hatchell came up and we did catch a few smallies and a trout or two.  We agreed to try it again in late September or early October when things cool down a bit.  Nothing to brag about but it is truly a beautiful place.