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Toccoa River
The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single 93-mile-long (150 km) river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which it joins in Polk County, Tennessee, near the town of Benton. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 93 mi
- Flows into
- Hiwassee River
Flow now
Toccoa River Near Dial, GA, 12 mi from the river.
188cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 9 years of record: 188 cfs to 421 cfs, around 297 cfs.
Also gauged at Ocoee River At Copperhill, TN: 362 cfs, Nov 12.
The season, November
Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.
- Midgessizes 18 to 22
- Small eggs and worms
- Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator
Typical for the week over 9 years: 188 to 421 cfs. Running 188 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.
Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.
- Flows swing a lot this week most years. Carry both a heavy nymph rig and a dry-dropper and let the gauge decide.
- Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.
Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.
Fly shops on this water
- Alpharetta Outfitters AlpharettaWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 9
- Cohutta Fishing Company Blue RidgeWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 10
- The Fish Hawk AtlantaWebsite
Nearby waters
- Jacks River16 mi
- Conasauga River27 mi
- Tallulah River48 mi
Open Toccoa River in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.
Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.
