Current streamflow- 359cfs
Water temps- upper 50s-low 60s
Hatches:
Yellow sallies
Black Caddis
Golden stoneflies
Blue-winged olives
Hot flies:
Purple or Orange Frenchies- 16-12
Quill perdigons- 18-16
Walt's worms- 16-12
Croston's FMJ- 14-12
Klinkammer- 14-12
Neversink Caddis- 16-14
Foam-back caddis- 16-14
Yellow Stimulator- 16-12
With all of the wet weather that we've had in the past few weeks and last weekend, we've finally gotten a week of sunny, drier weather. This has the Tellico River and its tributaries in beautiful shape going into the weekend.
Water temps are excellent, in the ideal range for trout to live comfortably and feed actively. Streamflows are alsp excellent, with enough water to help trout feel secure and feed heavily but not enough to make wading difficult. There are a variety of hatches on river at any given time, with Yellow sallies and blue winged olives being the most prevalent. There is also a wide variety of terrestrial insects that occasionally make their way into the water, so a wide variety of dry flies and nymphs will get a trout's attention.
The lowland rivers and lakes are also still fishing very well, with carp and bass still keying in on cicadas. The peak of the cicada emergence has past in our neck of the woods, but there will still be enough cicadas on or near the water for the next week to have fish still seeking them out and falling for a good imitation.
There is a bit of rain in the forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning, but this should not be enough to make a noticeable impact on streamflow for the weekend besides a possibly a slight stain Sunday afternoon.