Adventures of a Trout Bum
The Blue Line Adventures of Ray Sugg

Not coaching soccer this season has really freed me up to fish more, and I packed a lot into one month. I got ten new creeks, including four from my bucket list! I was also invited to the Rocky River Trout Unlimited Alarka camping trip and got to share some of my old favorite streams with some new fishing buddies.

Jason Jefferies and I hiked in above the old Hendersonville Watershed at the head of North Mills River to get one of my bucket list creeks. Jason has become my go-to guy for those back-country trips that I'm too old to do by myself anymore.

I caught trout in 27 new creeks in NC (8 different counties) in 2025 to raise my total to 1113 NC creeks!