Current streamflow- 300cfs
Water temp- upper 40s
Hatches:
Tan caddis
Black winter stonefly
Quill Gordons
Hot Flies:
Pat's rubber legs
Soft hackle hare's ears
Zebra midges
Rainbow warrior
Eggs
Mini leeches
Jigged buggers
Stream temps in the area are on a warming trend thanks to warmer air temps this week. With rising temps comes more insect hatches, and feeding trout aren't far behind. In lower elevation streams where water temps are warmest, such as Tellico, North and Bald, you may see Spring's first hatches of Quill Gordons. If you're not already familiar with them, these are fairly large mayflies that hatch in good numbers when conditions are right and trout will eagerly key in on the clumsy bugs as newly hatched adults struggle to leave the water's surface. A size 14 parachute Adams is a great way to match this hatch. Look for these mayflies to pop off on sunny afternoons of warmer days from now until the end of March.
The Delayed Harvest section is still going strong. There have been a number of browns and rainbows over 20" caught this month, and catch rates are high with great conditions this week.
Looks like rain is in the forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning, dropping off into Sunday afternoon.
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