Proposed Legislation and/or Senatorial Statement for June 2016 -
Jackson County, North Carolina is home to the Nation’s First Fly Fishing Trail with 15 designated public spaces for fly fishing mapping prime spots to catch brown, rainbow and brook trout in the crystal clear streams of Jackson County. Jackson County has the longest contiguous stretch of waters that have been designated by the NC Fi
sh & Wildlife Department as NC Mountain Heritage Trout Waters, comprising of three cities of the thirteen in the state with such distinction making up 25% of the state designated waters, with numerous unnamed waters also comprising the richest, most diverse, productive trout fisheries in North Carolina. The waters of Jackson County are magnificent resources for trout fishing and other enjoyable aquatic past times with over 4,600 miles of beautiful water; and is annually stocked with 92, 800 fish each year, the most of any county in North Carolina. The NC Fish & Wildlife State Record for largest rainbow trout ever caught in NC is recorded for Jackson County.
