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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-4629 |
| Date | 01 May 2017 |
| Creators | Skaggs, Nathaniel Cole |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
| Rights | Copyright by the authors. |
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