Blue Ridge, Georgia, the Trout Capital of Georgia, is a North Georgia mountain town built around a 1906 railroad depot where the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway still departs for a 26-mile ride along the Toccoa River. About 115 shops, galleries and breweries line East and West Main Street, Lake Blue Ridge sits three miles out, and Mercier Orchards has pressed apples since 1943. A second-home town with a weekend economy, a local hospital and a long drive to a specialist. Read it with a fly rod in mind.
