Current streamflow- 257cfs
Water temps- low 50s
Hatches:
Bwos
Tan caddis
Brown stoneflies
Shmedium-sized golden stones
Hot flies:
Griffith's gnat- 16-14
Purple Haze- 16-12
Elk Hair Caddis, Brown- 16-12
Klinkhammer- 18-12
Walt's worm- 18-12
Perdigons- 18-14
Pat's rubber legs- 14-10
Prince nymphs- 16-12
Olive/black streamers- 10-6
It's been a great week on the Tellico as spring marches on, despite some setbacks in the weather department. This past week's storm brought some rain and high water earlier this week, but streamflows are back down and running steady around 250cfs which is a great stream level for wading.
Fishing on the Tellico River has been great, with lower than normal fishing pressure thanks to the River Rd closure and forest road detour routes. Small streams also continue to fish very well as water temps warm and spring hatches become more consistent.
Nymphs should be the main focus on the Tellico River with some potential for dry fly fishing on calmer pools where hatches are concentrated and trout are looking up for an easy meal. Dry flies are producing a lot of wild bows and brookies on the tributaries but you may still want to run a nymph below your dry fly to increase your catch rate and potentially find some of the bigger fish which sometimes aren't as eager to rise to a dry fly.
The weather looks beautiful for this weekend with sunny skies and temps in the 60s and 70s for both Saturday and Sunday.