Chattahoochee River

Predicted Flow: Today | Tomorrow

Upper Chattahoochee River

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Double nymph setup: Girdle bug or Pats Rubber Legs with any beadhead Soft Hackle, Midge, Pheasent Tail, or Hare's Ear. Target the stockers with San Juan worms and Y2K’s.

Dry Fly: Sporadic hatches: BWO :Last Chance BWO Cripple, Brooks Sprout BWO, and D&D BWO Cripples are working well.

Caddis: Elk Hair Caddis, Caddis Candy, will produce strikes.

Streamers: buggers, Sculpzillas, slump busters and any rabbit hair flies.
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change! 770-945 -1466

Lower Chattahoochee River

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The Trout were stocked below Morgan Falls this year in great numbers(2022-2023).  Shoal bass with the occasional striper is also possible. baitfish and crayfish patterns should be a go to. 
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change! 770-945 -1466      Keep in mind the meter has been hard to rely on!

Toccoa River

Tailwater

Dry Fly: CDC Sulphur, D&D Sulphur Cripple, Last Chance Sulphur Cripples on top with Harrop CDC Caddis Emergers, Elk Hair Caddis, and Transusclent Caddis Emergers
Double Nymph Rig: Pats Rubber Legs, eggs, Formally Princes, Purple Lightning Bugs, Flash Back Pheasant tails, Hare's Ear and Zebra Midges

Streamers: Sculpzillas, Wooly Buggers and Bellyache Minnows are producing BIG FISH
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Headwater – Delayed Harvest Opens Nov. 1st.

Sulphurs and tan caddis are starting to go off right now.
Parachute adams with dropper, Y2K’s, Prince nymphs and Copper Johns always work well, terrestrials.
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change! 800-238-2264 press 4 ,then 2

Mountain Streams

Noontootla / Mountaintown / The Tick / Dukes

As weather cools, rivers should be getting better.
Attractors, Parachute Adams, terrestrials with droppers are usually the best bet. Small Nymphs like midges, Rainbow Warriors, and 16-20 soft hackles.

Chattooga River

Delayed Harvest opened Nov 1st.

Tungsten Golden Stone 10, San Juan Worm, Gabriel’s Trumpet 14-16, Soft hackle pheasant tail 16-18, Black buggers, white buggers, D&D BWO Cripples 18-20, Split Case PMD 16-18, Split Case BWO 18-20, Copper John Chartreuse or Red 14-18, Tungsten El Diablo 14-18
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change!

Tuckaseegee

River Delayed Harvest (NC)

From October 1 through the first Saturday in June it is designated as “Catch and Release Only”. During these times it is heavily stocked – it actually receives more fish than any other river in North Carolina. It fishes good through the winter and really turns on as the air temperature warms in the spring.
The river also has a good number on insects, especially in April during the Blue Winged Olive and the Black Caddis hatches.
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change!

Nantahala River

Delayed Harvest (NC)

Delayed Harvest has started. Worth trying.
Tungsten Golden Stone 10, San Juan Worm, Gabriel’s Trumpet 14-16, Soft hackle pheasant tail 16-18, Black buggers, white buggers, D&D BWO Cripples 18-20, Split Case PMD 16-18, Split Case BWO 18-20, Copper John Chartreuse or Red 14-18, Tungsten El Diablo 14-18
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change!

Hiwassee River

Tennessee

Thorax BWO, Midges, Buggers, Streamers
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change!

South Holston / Watauga Rivers

Tennessee

Sulfurs then more sulfurs!
Sulphur CDC Comparadun 14-18, Brooks’ Sprout BWO 18-22, CDC BWO 18-22, BTS Nymph black 20-22, Brooks’ Sprout midge 20-22
Check flows before you go. They are subject to change!

Lake Lanier/Lake Allatoona

Stripers

Welcome back to our fishing reports! Summer was spent catching carp on the Hooch and hybrids on Allatoona. Now we are back to business on the pond. Typically early October is mostly a smattering of scattered top water striper fishing along with schooling spotted bass. As the weather starts to cool off we will see more and more stripers schooling on the south end of the lake. These fish might be on small threadfin but could also be on 3″-5″ bluebacks. I would cary both a floating and an intermediate fly line and have both a surface and sub surface fly tied on, FIsh will be seen popping both out in open water as well as inside some of the south ends major creeks. There are no birds yet to key in on so a set of binoculars is a must. The key is to just drive and look until you find fish schooling. This might occur in the morning or in the afternoon. For those wanting to catch some spots, your best bet is to fish the points in about 15′to 25′ of water and throw your top water baits over some brush. The spots are big and starting to get active. Man I just love the fall on Lanier. This is a great time of year to do a witching hour trip. Hope to see you on the pond!