Current streamflow- 75cfs
Water temps- mid to upper 60s
Hatches:
Yellow Sallies
Golden stoneflies
Blue-winged olives
Midges
Hot flies:
Trout:
Griffith's gnat
Parachute Adam's
Purple haze parachute
Neversink caddis
Prince nymph
Walt's worm
Frenchies
Rainbow warrior
Bass:
Jigged buggers
Sparkle Minnows
Stonefly nymphs
Poppers
Despite a decent amount of recent rain, the Tellico River and its tributaries have dropped back down to their current levels, just below the median for this time of year. This weekend and next week look to be mostly dry, cooler than this past week with highs in the 80s, and there is a better chance of rain later next week that will hopefully recharge streamflows a bit.
While many of the early summer hatches have dropped off, you can expect to see a few yellow sallies on the water still, plus plenty of midges and the occasional blue winged olive hatch. There are lots of terrestrial insects about and many of them make their way into the water, so beetles, ants and other terrestrial dry fly patterns will also be good choices.
Stocking has ended on the Tellico and Citico for the summer. The Tellico will receive stocking again for Delayed Harvest starting in October, but there are plenty of wild trout to catch on the main river and the tributaries until then.
There is still plenty of action to be had for bass and panfish on the lower elevation stretches of local creeks and rivers and recent rains have smallies out and looking to feed. This is a great time of year to walk and wade, or float the lower elevations in pursuit of bass as we wait for cooler temps on many of our bigger trout streams.