Tellico River fishing report
Weekly reports from local fly shops, with what's hatching and which flies to fish this month.
Shop reports, last 10 days
No shop has posted a report for the Tellico River in the last 10 days.
What to fish on the Tellico River in November
- Blood Dot Egg #14-16: Browns spawn in the fall (Perfect Fly Store), so loose eggs drift to every fish below a redd. Fish it in the run below the gravel, never on it. Our reading of the spawn note: no source names an egg for the Tellico.
- Zebra Midge #18-20: Midge larva and pupa work all year on the Tellico, most of all in cold water (Perfect Fly Store). Trail it 12 to 18 inches behind the egg.
- Black-Nosed Dace #6-8: Perfect Fly Store has sculpin and black-nosed dace streamers working best in slightly off-color water: the fly for after rain, not for clear low flow.
Delayed harvest is stocked and the big browns are spawning (leave fish on redds alone). The sources list needle stoneflies into November and midges all year, but nothing says Tellico trout rise to them. Fish below the gravel and near the bottom; the dries stay home.
Sources: Perfect Fly Store
What's hatching
- Midge larva and pupa imitations work any time of year, most of all in cold water with little hatching. · Perfect Fly Store
- Needle stoneflies hatch. Big browns spawn in the fall, which makes them easier to catch; leave fish on redds alone. · Perfect Fly Store
- Sculpin and black-nosed dace streamers work best when the water is slightly off color. · Perfect Fly Store
From the Fly Picker, which ranks flies from hatch charts and published reports. It does not use the shop reports above.