|
|
Below you will find a list of Important Banner Elk Information
- FLY/TROUT FISHING
- Foscoe Fishing Company & Outfitters
Endorsed by Orvis, complete retail and service center.
Wading and floating guided trips available.
Call 828-963-6556 or visit www.foscoefishing.com
- Public Fishing Locations
- Ashe County
- Helton Creek
Directions: Virginia state line to N. Fork New River
Classified as: Delayed Harvest Trout Waters.
- Big Horse Creek
Directions: SR1361 bridge downstream to Mud Creek at SR 1363.
Classified as: Wold Trout/ Catch and Release Artificial Lures Only Trout Waters.
- Avery County
- Cranberry Creek - Boundaries of Wild Trout Waters.
Directions: Headwaters to U.S. 19E/NC 194 crossing.
- Elk River
Directions: Lees-McRae College property, excluding millpond - Open to public Fishing.
Classified as: Catch and Release/Artificial Flies Only Trout Waters.
- Elk River
Directions: Upper Hatchery Supported Trout Waters boundary changed to SR 1305 crossing immediatley upstream of Big Falls.
- Gragg Prong (including tributaries)
Classified as: Wild Trout Waters.
- Web Prong (including tributaries)
Classified as: Wild Trout Waters.
- Watauga County
- Beaverdam Creek
Directions: From confluence of Beaverdam Creek and Little Beaverdam Creek to the mouth of and unnamed tributary adjacent to the intersection of SR 1201 and SR1203 - Open to public Fishing.
Classified as: Hatchery Supported Trout Waters.
- Watauga River - Lower
Directions: The lower boundary is now the steel bridge at Riverside Farm Road.
Classified as: Wild Trout Waters.
- Watauga River - Upper
Directions: The upper boundary is now the SR 1557 bridge.
Classified as: Delayed Harvest Trout Waters.
- Watauga River
Directions: SR 1114 to the NC 94 bridge at Valle Crucis - Open to public fishing.
Classified as: Delayed Harvest Trout Waters.
- TENNIS
- Sugar Mountain Racquet Club
1121 Sugar Mountain Drive
$12.00 Single/ $24.00 Full Court
$ 8.00 Double/ $32.00 Full Court
Mon.-Sat. Half Price after 2:00 pm
Sunday Half Price All Day
Call for Reservation 828-898-6746
- Lees McRae College
Courts available to the public, no charge or reservation
For more information visit www.lmc.com
- WHITE WATER RAFTING
- Boone Fork
Julian Price Park to Watauga - class III-IV (v+), 4.5 miles long.
- Catawba River - North Fork
Linville - class IV-V (V+), 2.5 miles long.
- Elk River
Route 1326 to Rout 1305 - class IV-V, 8.4 miles long.
- Elk River
Route 130 to Bridge above Sone Mtn Chruch Tennessee - class IV-V (V+), 4.8 miles long.
- Elk Creek
Route 1162 to ROute 268 Bridge - class I-II, 8.4 miles long.
- Gragg Prong River
Roseboro to Lost Cove Creek - class IV-V, 1.6 miles long.
- John's River
Route 1328 to Route 1438 - class I-II, 6.5 miles long.
- Linville River
Linville Falls to Lake James - class IV-V+, 16.4 miles long.
- Lost Cove Creek
Main - 8 miles long.
- North Harper Creek
Wilson Creek Tributary - class IV-V (V+), 9 miles long.
- North Toe River
Plumtree to Bush Rd/Rt 19E - classII, 10 miles long.
- Steels Creek
To confluence to Upper Creek - class II-III, 6.6 miles long.
- Thunderhole Creek
Globe Rd. to Upton - class III+, 3.5 miles long.
- Upper Creek
Raven Cliff Gorge to FR 982 - class III+ (IV), 17 miles long.
- Watauga River
SR 1557 to NC 105 - class II-IV, 2 miles long.
- Watauga River
NC Route 105 Bridge to US Route 321 Bridge - class I-II, 12 miles long.
- Watauga River
US Route 321 Bridge to Route 1200 - class II-III, 4 miles long.
- Watauga River
Guys Ford Bridge to Watauga Lake - class IV-V, 4.9 miles long.
- Wilson Creek
Upper Wilson - class IV, 5 miles long.
- Wilson Creek
Route 1328 Bridge to National Forest sign - class II-III, 5 miles long.
- Wilson Creek
National Forest sign to parking area above Brown Mt North Beach - class III-IV+ (V), 1.9 miles long.
- Wilson Creek
Below Brown Mt Beach to Johns River - class I-II (III), 4 miles long.
- Yadkin River
Route 268 Bridge to Route 1137 - class I-II, 19.9 miles long.
|
