anyone ever fished the Davidson River in North Carolina ?
which flies work best and would it be worth going with a guide ?
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no i have not fished it fishing with a guide would save a lot of time finding fish might save your trip spend they extra money
No, but if you have a boat I would’nt hire a guide. Go out on your boat or wade out and try for a weekend or two and try around using different flies and locations. You might find the honey hole and fill the cooler, but if you try a little and still don’t yield any fish go ahead and hire a guide. Look around a little and find a good deal, guides can get pricey.
Yep. Sure have. Dont know if i would spend the money on a guide, and given the popularity of the Davidson, if you go on a weekend, bring a rock to stand on.
For fly selection, look up the Brevard chapter of Trout Unlimited.
And while there, look up a section of the Mills River( 20 miles from Davidson/Hwy 276) north of Turkey Creek Access.
I think you will like that better.Or better yet, since I wont be getting back to that area in the next 10 years, go through the North Mills river campground, 4 1/2 miles west. Pass the signs to the Cantrell cabin, look for a grass field on your left, and a creek that comes from your left, gets to the road, and then follows the road west. Stop the car, get out, go upstream about 2 1/2 miles. you will have to cross Bradley Creek 4 times before you get to the abandoned water shed. The City of Hendersonville drilled and shot a reservoir here, it is 30 feet deep, 100 feet wide and 50 feet long. In the middle of nowhere.
Get there opening day and you will have to fight turkey hunters for a place to camp. But wait until 1st of May, and bring Female Adams in a 14, Hendriksons in the same, and a few yellow hammers( the fly shop at 276 will have these, they are small stones with three tail prongs) some Zug Bugs on a fast sinking taper- nothing here requires anything more than a 6 wieght. I have caught rainbows here that will rarely get longer than 13″, but will weigh up to two pounds. Look like footballs.
This is native water, catch and release is the norm, and it allows people like me to tell people like you where good fishing is. Do not dissapoint mother nature.