Current streamflows- 195cfs
Water temps- 60-68
Thanks to frequent rains and cool overnight temps, Tellico couldn't be in better shape going into mid-summer. Water temps are likely pushing into the danger zone for catch and release on the Tellico below Bald River, but water temps are in the mid 60s from North River upstream, with temps getting cooler the higher you go in elevation. Water temps are fine on Bald, North, and the other tributaries.
While hatches have slowed down recently, dry fly action remains stellar on the upper Tellico and the tribs. Parachutes, Neversink caddis, yellow stimulators, and more traditional dry flies will all gain attention from wild and native trout alike. Nymphing is still the best tactic for the Tellico River and Citico Creek, though a large foam dry with a tungsten nymph dropped a couple feet below will draw strikes to both dry and nymph.
Now is a great time to chase native brookies too, if you don't mind the snakes, gnats, hornets, nettle, and other stinging and biting things that come with the summer months.
Local lakes and bass streams have also been producing well with good topwater action in the evenings.
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