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Taking a trip to Tennessee at the end of the month and thinking I’d try to add another state to the list of having successfully fly fished in.

Can anyone tell me General laws, regulations and whatnot? Or direct me as to where to find them all? First night is in Chattanooga and then moving East so I was looking at some of the waters in prentice cooper forest which look great but I’m not sure what the rules are. Can I get a license and then fish any public water? In Wisconsin we have specific seasons but all water is public so if season is open and you’re in the water you can fish.

I’d like to be able to stop and hike some pretty, watery areas with my girlfriend and be able to fish at the same time if possible.

Thanks for annnny advice and information!!

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by Bicycles19

FS Digest

You can get an out of state license here: https://www.tn.gov/twra/license-sales.html - make sure you get a trout stamp!

I haven’t ever fished Prentice Cooper, but if you’re up for a drive I would highly recommend heading further east to Nantahala Forest or the Great Smokies. Both are awesome. You can fish publicly there with a license. Nantahala is technically NC, so I would make sure you check and see if you need an NC license if you cross the border.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

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by Edawgnash

FS Digest

I live in Chattanooga, unfortunately with how much rain we’ve had fishing is pretty tough. Do you have a boat or kayak? Or planning on wading creeks and bank fishing? There’s a pond called lake junior TWRA just stocked with rainbows, fished two days in a row for 4+ hours with no bites on mop fly, squirmy and egg patterns, had to switch to spinning setup.

The Tennessee River is great for fly fishing normally, but they’re spilling so much water at the dam it’s ridiculously high.

Chickamauga lakes water is much lower of course, which has actually been pretty decent for bass and crappy.

Check out Tellico Plains, tellico river and north river have some nice stocked bows and wild brooks, and much higher elevation so waters not nearly as blown out.

Tight lines!

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by onearmedb4ndit

FS Digest

Depends what you’re fishing for.

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by MochileroTN

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I’d love to get into some smallmouth if the temps are right and it’s possible from the banks.

But trout would be the main goal as I’d be looking to show my girlfriend some pretty areas in the woods which I would assume (possibly incorrectly?) are trouty waters?

Ideally I’d like some simple and easy fishing hahah. Normally not my style but I don’t want to bore the hell out of my girlfriend with me. Though she wants me to fish while there and wants to be able to see it so she can get a better idea of what fly fishing is and then I can teach her in the summer.

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by Bicycles19

FastFish Loc: Catonsville MD / Ocean View DE

Have you looked at the Hiwasse River? Beautiful area for fly fishing above and
below the dam. In the Cherokee natl. forest.

Ron620DVS Loc: Guntersville Alabama

Fly Fishing Tennessee's Hiwassee River Tailrace. The Hiwassee River is a tailrace in Tennessee that is well known for the of mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly hatches that produce great trout. It is a very scenic river stocked primarily with brown and rainbow trout with some brook trout as well.
The Hiwassee River is a tailrace in Tennessee that is well known for the of mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly hatches that produce great trout. It is a very scenic river stocked primarily with brown and rainbow trout with some brook trout as well. In addition to the stocking program there are numerous hold over trout in the stream.

The Hiwassee River originates in the upper Chattahoochee National Forest in Northern Georgia. It flows into North Carolina and again into Tennessee where it empties into the Tennessee River in Meigs County. The total length is over 140 miles. The 20 mile Hiwassee tailwater fishery section begins in the Cherokee National Forest where the water is released from the pipe at the Apalachia Powerhouse which is about ten miles from the dam at Apalachia Lake. The constant temperature of the water being discharged allows for the great hatches that provide superb dry fly fishing for anglers.


https://www.troutprostore.com/streams/fly-fishing-tennessees-hiwassee-river-tailrace

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Judge32 Loc: Vidalia, Ga. 30474

Where do you put in to fish the Tennessee River?