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 Smoky Mountain Magic Smoky Mountain Magic is the previously unpublished adventure novel by Horace Kephart, outdoorsman, [...]

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