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Adventures of a Trout Bum
The 1,000 Creek Angling Odyssey of Ray Sugg
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6/14/22 Slickrock Creek!
I hike in to Slickrock Creek with Bryan Craig to fish for wild brown trout. I can now mark it off the bucket list!
Ray Sugg
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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Snowbird Camping Trip 2022!
This is a recap of our annual Snowbird camping and fishing trip.
Ray Sugg
Jun 17, 20221 min read
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5/21/2022 Alleghany County new creeks
Blue-line fly fishing near Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany County NC
Ray Sugg
May 26, 20222 min read
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4/23/22 New Creek #1012
I fish a blue line on Balsam Mountain and get new creek #1012.
Ray Sugg
Apr 25, 20221 min read
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3/27/22 Three more new creeks!
I did a little blue line fishing in Wilkes County and caught wild rainbows in three new creeks to raise my total to 1011.
Ray Sugg
Apr 12, 20221 min read
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3/26/22 Mark one off the bucket list!
Fly Fishing in Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Wilkes County.
Ray Sugg
Apr 5, 20221 min read
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NC Bucket List Part 2
This is my bucket list for the eastern half of NC trout water.
Ray Sugg
Jan 30, 20222 min read
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NC Bucket List, Part 1
Here is the list of NC trout streams in and west of Buncombe County that I plan on fishing as soon as I can.
Ray Sugg
Jan 18, 20221 min read
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New Year's Day, 2022
New Year's Day blue line fishing - I get new creek #1006 and Bobby Kilby extends his streak to 363 consecutive months catching trout
Ray Sugg
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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Goodbye 2021!
I accomplished my goal of catching trout in 1,000 NC creeks in 2021. What's next?
Ray Sugg
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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"Man of a Thousand Streams"
The November/December 2021 edition of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine contains writer Jack Horan's story "Man of a Thousand Streams"
Ray Sugg
Nov 28, 20211 min read
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2021-07-30 Madison County
I did some blue line fishing in Madison County NC and got new creek #1004 - South Fork Big Pine Creek.
Ray Sugg
Oct 4, 20212 min read
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June 26 - More New Creeks!
After catching trout in creek #1000, there was still plenty of daylight left, so why not find some more new creeks? We all drove up to a...
Ray Sugg
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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June 26, 2021 #1,000 CREEKS!
I accomplish my goal of catching trout on a fly in 1000 NC trout streams!
Ray Sugg
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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NEW CREEK #999!
I caught wild rainbows in Horse Cove Branch in Graham County, raising my total to 999 NC creeks!
Ray Sugg
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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New Creeks #995-998!
April 6, 2021 I fished Buffalo Creek, a Rutherford County tributary of Lake Lure that at some time in the past was a stocked trout...
Ray Sugg
Jun 21, 20212 min read
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April 5, 2021 New Creek #994!
Wesser Creek (Connelly Creek trib)
Ray Sugg
May 30, 20211 min read
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March 13, 2021 New Creek #993
I had a good day fishing for small wild trout in Cove Creek, and got Caney Bottom Creek, new creek #993.
Ray Sugg
May 4, 20211 min read
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February 24, 2021 New Creeks 991 and 992 in Swain County
Brush Creek, new creek #991 Confluence of Marr Branch (L) with Brush Creek (R) Marr Branch, new creek #992
Ray Sugg
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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12/31/20 Goodbye 2020!
This year, I caught trout on flies in 38 new creeks in nine different WNC counties. Yancey County tops this year's list with nine creeks
Ray Sugg
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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