Hi Bass,

I spent a week in N.C. last May. Stayed in Asheville and fished the North Mills, DAvidson, and East Fork of the Pigeon at Big Butte. It was a blast. Loved the North Mills, nice small river with hiking up the horse trail and fishing the pools and runs. Several friends of mine are coming back down in April and staying in Asheville again.  Another great site for you to try is flyanglers.org. Lots of folks in your region on that board including one from Brevard.

This site is full of great folks and the fishing in Ar. is pure heaven when the dams cooperate. Fishing on high water is productive, but a whole different ballgame. Some really like it, some would rather wade on lower  water. I'd rather wade. You do owe it to yourself to make the trip out there. I can direct you to some inexpensive (I'm tight as can be sometimes) ways to go about a fishing trip to the Bull Shoals area.

These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.