{"id":11666,"date":"2017-05-19T08:49:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T12:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beverly-hanks.com\/blog\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:50:31","slug":"fly-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/fly-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day to Learn, A Lifetime to Master: Curtis Wright Outfitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s all about that Zen moment.
\n\u201cFor me, it\u2019s the peace and quiet of it,\u201d said Jeff Curtis. \u201cIt\u2019s so consuming. When I\u2019m fly fishing, I\u2019m not thinking about anything else. You become so absorbed with it that you forget about everything else\u2014work, daily life, stress.\u201d
\nA lifelong fly fisherman, Curtis is the founder\/owner of Curtis Wright Outfitters<\/a>, which has locations in Asheville at Biltmore Village and on Main Street in Weaverville.
\n\u201cIn Western North Carolina, we have such an incredibly beautiful backyard to play in,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are so many opportunities: fly fishing, hiking, mountain biking, and rock climbing\u2014it\u2019s all here.\u201d
\nBorn in Ohio but raised in Florida, Curtis first came to Western North Carolina as a teenager, staying with his family at a summer home. His father befriended a ranger on the Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a> who had a son close the same age as Curtis.
\n\u201cIt was this small creek, and I can still remember it clearly,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cLearning how to cast and trying to catch that rainbow trout.\u201d
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\u201cWhether you catch something or not, you\u2019re standing in a creek, in the mountains, away from it all\u2014what more do you want?\u201d<\/i><\/h2>\n

\u2014Jeff Curtis, Curtis Wright Outfitters<\/i><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 
\nFor the better part of the last 30 years, Curtis has called Western North Carolina home. It\u2019s a place that is not only close to his heart, it\u2019s also the ideal platform to let his dreams blossom and grow.
\n\u201cI like that we\u2019re a local business and not a chain. It can be hard to be the little guy, especially when you have these big conglomerate outdoor stores,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cBut, we\u2019ve always focused on what we need to do better, and how to cherish those relationships with our long-time and first-time customers. We worry only about our four walls and how to have smart growth.\u201d
\nAmid the fly fishing meccas of the United States\u2014Jackson Hole, Lake Placid, Missoula\u2014Asheville has remained a beacon of the sport for enthusiasts in Western North Carolina and greater Southern Appalachia.
\n\u201cPeople might try to argue we don\u2019t have fishing like they have out west,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cBut out west, they don\u2019t have what we have out here, which is warm water and cold water species, and year-round fishing\u2014it\u2019s wonderful.\u201d
\nCurtis noted the unique and important traits of why and how fly fishing has become such a resource and sought-after outdoor recreational activity in these parts.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the delayed harvest and the hatchery support, which are some of the most successful programs of their kind out there,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the wild waters and the solitude of the rivers, where you won\u2019t see another person all day long as you\u2019re rock hopping up these riverbanks and creeks.\u201d
\nThough Curtis has been a fly fisherman for the majority of his life, he emphasizes the idea that the sport itself takes \u201ca day to learn, a lifetime to master.\u201d
\n\u201cFly fishing isn\u2019t as complicated as we fly fisherman like to make you think it is. There\u2019s no secret handshake\u2014it\u2019s fishing, it is just fishing,\u201d he smiled. \u201cAnd the great thing about it is that trout don\u2019t live in ugly places. What we do here is try to take the complication out of it. So, take it a step at a time. Don\u2019t get overwhelmed by all the stuff we have here in the store. Go enjoy the beautiful places. Whether you catch something or not, you\u2019re standing in a creek, in the mountains, away from it all\u2014what more do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern North Carolina is home to some of the finest fly fishing in the country.<\/p>\n

 
\nThis post is adapted from our annual <\/i>Welcome to Western North Carolina magazine. <\/i>Click here<\/i><\/a> to read more online, or <\/i>click here<\/i><\/a> to order your own free copy.<\/i>
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It\u2019s all about that Zen moment. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s the peace and quiet of it,\u201d said Jeff Curtis. \u201cIt\u2019s so consuming. When I\u2019m fly fishing, I\u2019m not thinking about anything else. You become so absorbed with it that you forget about everything else\u2014work, daily life, stress.\u201d A lifelong fly fisherman, Curtis is the founder\/owner of… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,2],"tags":[100,95,7],"class_list":["post-11666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buy-local","category-commercial","tag-outdoor-recreation","tag-welcome-magazine","tag-wnc-businesses"],"acf":[],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21040,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions\/21040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naibeverly-hanks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}