ATTENTION: This Saturday is the annual PHWFF Veteran's fishing event on the Tellico River Delayed Harvest section. Volunteers will be guiding veterans on the Tellico River mostly in the couple of miles above and below the hatchery. These events give our disabled veterans a chance to experience fly fishing as a way of physical and emotional rehabilitation. If you see a veteran and guide, please show your appreciation by giving them the right of way and thanking them for their service.
Current streamflow- 120cfs
Water temps- low 50s
Hatches:
Blue winged olives
Midges
Hot flies:
Blowtorch 18-14
Walt's worms 18-12
Pat's rubber legs 12-10
Perdigons 18-14
Leeches and buggers 12-8
Eggs 16-12
Griffith's gnat 18-16
Parachute adams 18-16
Purple haze 18-16
The river continues to be in excellent shape and is fishing well, thanks to better streamflows going into November. Trout are less spooky with the better flows, and hatches of blue-winged olives and midges have encouraged a lot more trout to look up and potentially take dry flies. While the dry fly bite is improving, nymphs are still accounting for the majority of fish. A wide variety of nymphs have worked for us this past week, so you shouldn't have to be too selective with the patterns that you choose. A good rule of thumb is to start with bright or buggy attractor patterns like eggs and Pat's rubber legs and scale down or go with more natural patterns if trout seem uninterested in your initial offerings.
Brook trout are still in spawning mode and browns will be spawning soon, so please keep an eye out for redds and spawning fish.