Where is the Best Brook Trout Fishing in Smoky Mountains National Park?

After being closed to fishing for nearly 30 years to restore native brook trout populations, there are many streams that may lay claim to the best brook trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is. A top contender has to be the headwaters of Raven Fork. Do you know how to get there? We do. Native Brook Trout Habitat At one time, brook trout used to populate just about every stream in the Smoky Mountains National Park. Heavy logging in the 1880′s and later the introduction of rainbow trout and brown trout decimated native brook trout populations. After [...]

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