Fishing in North Carolina. 



through deep, ugly, rocky gorges. The upper 

 waters of the Tennessee within the borders of 

 North Carolina are known as the Holston and 

 the Hiawassee ; the branches of the Holston be- 

 ing the trout streams, Watauga and Toe and the 

 French Broad. The Holston making itself up 

 out of several rivers, and going into another 

 river does not hold on to its name for many 

 miles. 



There are many other small streams, all mak- 

 ing their way westward, but all of the waters of 

 this section are more or less similar in character, 

 full or empty, as the rains fall; and their fish 

 life is also similar. Man should not find fault 

 with nature, but man may wonder why some of 

 these streams between the Blue Ridge and the 

 Alleghany Mountains did not make for the 

 Atlantic Ocean through the Blue Ridge, instead 

 of unanimously bulging through the Alleghany 

 Mountains to help the Mississippi River fill the 

 Gulf of Mexico. But let that pass. 



The fish in these rivers are, perhaps, more 

 gamy, but they are not nearly so numerous, nor 

 do they attain such a large size as those east of 



