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Hook A Hawg (Cherokee)
Most mountain trout average 9”–10”, but not on
the heavily stocked Oconaluftee, where trout are
measured in pounds, not inches.
A 2.2-mile stretch near the Blue Ridge Parkway
offers catch-and-release fishing for hatchery-
raised brook, brown, rainbow, golden and
Donaldson trout, some of them weighing more
than 6 pounds.
Streamers and nymphs are the biggest fish here,
but expect lots of company. A tribal fishing permit
is required.
Directions from Asheville: Take I-40 W to Exit
27 (the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway).
Continue west on US 74 past Waynesville, Sylva
and Dillsboro to Cherokee, Exit 74. Follow US
441 onto the reservation.