re: The Fly Fishing Thread: Questions, pics, discussion all here

The East Fork of the French Broad is easy to get to. Just about every spot to fish it is right off the road. Meaning you can drive, see a hole, park and fish. So really great during the winter. The wider water that goes through town in Rosman(into the middle fork section) has the big browns in it but you will need to wade that part. A lot of it is delayed harvest and they stock heavy through December. The N Fork is nice to during the winter. There is a place called alligator rock(rock over the road) ask anyone in the area, and right near that is a bend in the river great for fishing but summer a lot of swimmers. In the summer the W Fork is nice but you will need to hike in and parts of the water is marked to use live bait but be careful the people in Balsam Grove are not known to be friendly to strangers.

The Toe it depends on N or S. The North Toe is delayed harvest and most of the good spots run through Spruce Pine and easy to get to. The S Toe a little tricky as you need to hike into to the better spots. Great during the summer as I barely see any one on the South.