My dad and I are planning a trip to the Chattooga river in Georgia. We have never been here and are pretty clueless on what flies to use and what places on the river are better than others. If you guys have any tips or helpful information it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry I can’t help, But I am sure someone on here will be able to.
Please let us all know how you get on.
All the best.
Mike.
If you can edit your title to include Chattooga river in Georgia it is more likely to attract the attention of people who know the river
Good Luck
Eric
A few weeks ago the water temp in the Burrell’s Ford area of the Chatooga was 68 degrees. So with the water temps on the river in the 70 degree plus range, I highly doubt that the fishing is going to be very productive.
We have had some very warm weather and coupled with the lack of rain, the trout fishing on most of the North Georgia streams is very slow.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Chuck
www.georgiariverfishing.com Best help I can give ya…And check out the Harry Fodder fly pattern on the site. One of the GRF Guy’s has just recently had this pattern picked up by Umpqua feather merchants!!..Crawdad Craig If’in I’m not mistaken…Hope you get to Catch a shoalie!!! They are a beautiful strain of bass found only in the southland.
Here are a couple of sites that might help you.
http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/forum/
The archive of fly patterns would be a very good place to start.
http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=71
might be another place to visit.
Ed
On the Outdoor Channel tonight was the TU fly fishing show and this week’s episode is this river. It appears that the river up on the S. Carolina border is good. There’s a shop (that I’ve been in a few times even though I live in NJ) in Atlanta called River Hawk or something like that. I believe it is off of Peachtree somewhere. They mention it in the show but I suspect that they can help you.
Have a great time!
AZ
Hi FT13YO,
Unfortunately, the input from the other posters is correct. The Chattooga is going to be some tough fishing for you and your Dad. The water is very low and slow. To make matters worse, the delayed harvest has been over for 5 weeks, meaning that the remaining trout have been bombared with Powerbait, worms, spinners and everything else you can think of and the trout may be kept. With the impulsive trout gone to frying pans, the remaining trout will be hard to catch.
Still and all the Chattooga is a beautiful river and any time spent on it with your Dad will be a wonderful memory. There are still some very scrapy river bass around and brim in the slower sections of the river. And there are still some very smart trout. The best time to have a serious chance at the trout is from evening to absolute darkness. I once fished all afternoon without a strike and got back to the Route 28 bridge at full dark. I could hear trout feeding and put on a large, light-colored Elk Hair Caddis which mimiced the light colored moths fly around and got five every nice trout by casting to the sound of feeding fish (in June).
I would recommend the standard trout-fly assortment including some light and some dark parachutes in #16-#20, a couple of EHC #16 (a few #8 for moth immitations), a couple of nymphs of your choice #14-#18, and a couple of black or olive wooly bugger #8. The Chattooga trout are not particularly selective since it’s a free-stone river.
I would recommend that you try fishing from the Route 28 bridge. The area is very pretty. Access is easy. There is a trail that leads up river on the South Carolina side about 100 yards from the bridge (also parking). Wading is relatively safe and easy for a mile in either direction but use care and good sense. Hope this helps. Good luck if you and your Dad decide to give the Chattooga a try. 8T 
Thanks so much for your input.
I really appreciate it and will put it to good use.
The store was probably http://www.thefishhawk.com & they used to have links to the stream reports for Georgia. :cool:
Hey fiytying13yearold
Here’s that report page to check out
http://www.thefishhawk.com/report.htm
Good luck to you and you Dad. Have a blast!
peregrines