From the benchWith the Nantahala running at a skinny 137 cfs and crystal clear, your approach matters as much as your fly selection. Stay low, wade slowly, and cast upstream from well outside the fish's cone of vision — a spooked trout in this clarity won't eat for 20 minutes. Focus your morning on the deeper plunge pools and shaded runs with nymphs, then switch to terrestrials along any bank with overhanging vegetation once the sun climbs. The evening caddis hatch in the riffles between 6 and 8 PM is your best dry fly window of the day, so plan to be on the water then.