Trout Fishing in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge, 1880-Present: How-To, History, and Habitat
Skaggs NC. 2017. Trout Fishing in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge, 1880-Present: How-To, History, and Habitat. East Tennessee State University
ABSTRACT: This study focuses on trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains from 1880 to 2017. I begin with a collection of personal narratives of fly-fishing in Tennessee to portray the allure of southern Appalachia trout fishing. I then describe the transition from native Cherokee fishing practices to sport fishing in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge by 1880. I explore a brief history of the National Parks and the United States Forest Service during the early 1900s, and address European fly-fishing influences in the United States during the twentieth century. I examine the habitats of the rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) and the native brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) to provide an analysis on inter-species relationship between rainbow and brook trout in mountain streams. I then give an overview of important trout literature in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Skaggs, Nathaniel
- Date of Issue
- 2017-05
- Publisher
- East Tennessee State University
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachia, Appalachian Highlands Network, Environmental Science, Fishing, Fly-Fishing, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, SER, Southeast Region, thesis, Trout