Welcome to Hank Ruff Originals
Western North Carolina is the home of hundreds of miles of mountain streams. Mountain Trout have swum in these streams since the last of the glaciers slid northward.
And as long has there have been trout, there have been fishermen chasing these beautiful fish. The folklore and fish tales are even longer than all of those streams combined....
Meet Hank Ruff
Resident of Haywood County for over 80 years
Every fisherman has stretched the truth (or the size of the fish) on occassion. However, Hank Ruff is so well known in WNC, other fisherman tell fish tales about him.
It's a phenemon that is 8 decades in the making.
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