Fly Fishing Deep Creek with Kephart’s Ghost

While not a fly fisherman, Horace Kephart certainly kept good company with some excellent trout streams, like Hazel Creek and Deep Creek, during his tenure living in the wilds of western North Carolina, an area that would later become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Rumor has it, that if you listen closely as dusk descends upon you while casting dry flies to eager rainbow trout on Deep Creek you can hear the footsteps of Kephart's ghost as he wanders the Deep Creek area.

Smoky Mountain Magic

Smoky Mountain Magic is the previously unpublished adventure novel by Horace Kephart, outdoorsman, writer, and champion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The area Horace writes about in the novel is Deep Creek, home to one of the best trout stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The manuscript has been passed down through the generations to Kephart's great-granddaughter, Libby Kephart Hargrave, and has now been published by Great Smoky Mountains Association, the park's nonprofit partner. Proceeds from the book are being donated to the Horace Kephart Foundation, Great Smoky Mountains Association, and Friends of the Smokies.

Fly Fishing Deep Creek

If can imagine yourself in the video above casting to wild brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout, all of which inhabit Deep Creek, or you would just like to explore the area as Kephart did, check our Deep Creek fly fishing guide. Our fly fishing guide includes an interactive map of the area, a description of the river, fishing tactics and access information.

Enjoy (and say hello to Kephart's Ghost for me)!

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