Tuckasegee River

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Tuckasegee River At Barker'S Creek, NC, 0 mi from the river.

263cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 352 cfs to 779 cfs, around 569 cfs.

Also gauged at Oconaluftee River At Birdtown, NC: 154 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 10 years: 352 to 779 cfs. Running 263 cfs today, below 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

• Brookings Anglers CashiersWebsite
• Fly Fishing the Smokies Bryson CityWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 4
• Tuckaseegee Fly Shop SylvaWebsite

Nearby waters

• Oconaluftee River8 mi
• Nantahala River23 mi
• Pigeon River24 mi
• North Fork French Broad River26 mi
• Chattooga River28 mi
• Davidson River35 mi
• North Mills River36 mi
• French Broad River44 mi

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