DIRECTIONAL DETAILS
Although basic access information is given with each stream covered, visiting anglers new to these urban streams will find it helpful to have detailed maps for guidance. You can find these on Internet sources, but a better bet is to obtain one of two most helpful publications. These are North Carolina County Maps and North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. The former shows roads, from forest service ones to major highways, on a county-by-county basis, while the latter takes a topographical approach and is just about as detailed.

(Editor’s Note: Jim Casada is a lifelong trout fisherman who cut his angling teeth on streams in the Smokies. A full-time freelance writer, he has written two books on fly-fishing, as well as more than two dozen on other outdoors subjects. For information on these, or for a free subscription to his monthly e-newsletter, contact him at JimCasadaOutdoors.com.)