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Abrams Creek
Abrams Creek is a creek in Blount County, Tennessee. Its headwaters are in Cades Cove, and it is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River. It is named after the Chilhowee Cherokee chief Old Abraham ("Abram"). From Wikipedia
Flow now
Cheoah River Nr Bearpen Gap Nr Tapoco, NC, 9 mi from the river.
103cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 82 cfs to 116 cfs, around 97 cfs.
Water temperature at the gauge: 58°F.
Also gauged at Little River Near Maryville, TN: 85 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: 82 to 116 cfs. Running 103 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.
- 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
- Little River Outfitters TownsendWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 11
Nearby waters
- Tellico River13 mi
- Little River18 mi
- Tennessee River21 mi
- Bald River21 mi
- Little Pigeon River35 mi
- Clinch River37 mi
Open Abrams Creek 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.
