South Carolina · river

Chauga River

The Chauga River is a 31.3-mile-long (50.4 km) tributary of the Tugaloo River in Oconee County, South Carolina. From Wikipedia

Elevation
669 ft
Flows into
Savannah River

Flow now

Coneross Ck Nr Seneca, SC, 10 mi from the river.

26cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

04793Oct 12Nov 12

The typical week here, from 3 years of record: 40 cfs to 46 cfs, around 42 cfs.

Also gauged at Tallulah River Ab Powerhouse, Nr Tallulah Falls,GA: 43 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 3 years: 40 to 46 cfs. Running 26 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.

  • 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

  • Chattooga River Fly Shop Mountain RestWebsite

Nearby waters

Every South Carolina water

Open Chauga River in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.

Download FlyMaster on the App StoreGet FlyMaster on Google Play

Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.