March Fishing is Amazing

We caught this fish while fly-fishing in Western North CarolinaDr. Craig Chebuhar and son Owen joined us for 3 great days of fishing on Shelton Laurel, N. Mills and the W. Fork of the Pigeon River.

They landed well over 50 trout and hooked lots more than that.

Fishing Report – July 16, 2011

July 16: Cooler temps, light rain all day PERFECT fishing weather on the Davidson. Landed dozens of nice fish and thoroughly enjoyed the solitude of fishing the Davidson WAY below the hatchery.

Fishing Report – June 26, 2011

June 26:  great day of fun and fishing with Susan Sumner and her son Michael, who is already an awesome angler. A really great kid who DID NOT want to get off the water at Lake Logan.  Here’s what they had to say:

Dear Starr.

We had a perfect trip with you.  Thank you so much.

Michael is hooked on trout and we will certainly be in touch for another time.  My husband and daughter want to come next time.

Michael is making plans to purchase a rod and he went to Orvis and saw a poster with your photo and an ad about fishing for a cure….

Thank you for everything!

Susan

Brookside Guides Featured on ESPN

Starr Nolan, owner of Brookside Guides in Asheville, was chosen to be part of an ESPN Outdoors series to be called Rods and Wheels, where two men who started as strangers ride across the Southeast on their motorcycles, fishing some of the area’s best fishing holes.

On May 10 & 11 Nolan showed them the ropes of fly-fishing in Western North Carolina’s backyard, on the North Mills and Davidson Rivers.

ESPN Filming Brookside GuidesThe producer called me out of the blue and said I’m from ESPN, Nolan said. And I said “Yeah, right”.

But he was, and he wanted Nolan to guide the two men to a good fishing spot near Asheville and outfit them for a night in the Pisgah National Forest, all under the camera’s watch.

The show, which is being filmed for ESPN by Tulsa, Okla.-based Winnercomm Inc., features Joe Kowalksi, 48, of Cheshire, Conn., and Brad Beasley, 50, of Tulsa, Okla. They were chosen to be on the show, which will air in July, for their personalities and willingness to take the trip, series producer Jeff Murray said. The men and their crew started about two weeks ago, fishing in New Orleans; Jackson, Miss.; Guntersville, Ala.; and in Lake Lanier, Ga., before coming to Asheville. [Read more…]

Reel Women Catch the Big Ones

Starr Nolan was featured in Verve Magazine.  Check out the article.

Girls Gone Wild

Here’s an article that Starr wrote for WNC Woman magazine back in 2007. 

WNC Woman Article