WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
A perspective on Appalachian Brown Trout Expanding as far north as the Canadian province Newfoundland and as far south as north Alabama, the Appalachian Mountain range is filled with endless blue lines and mountains full of wisdom. While the range is vast and mighty, the focus of this article will be on the southern range and all its beauty. In sections of the Appalachian Mountain streams lives a wild and elusive predator; an apex fish eager to attack a fly. While most would venture to say the native brook trout, a key indicator species for the health of cold-water river systems, that’s not what this article is about. This article is about the elusive wild brown trout, the apex piscivore that resides in the jungle streams of the Appalachian range. This is a perspective on Appalachian brown trout.
By TREVOR JOHANNES