TR 2 - TENN, part 1

Wayne Knight wrote:
"jeff" wrote in message
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fishing the upper tellico requires purchase of a special daily permit and
is allowed only on limited days during the week...perhaps a sign of things
to come. we dallied in the lower section on our way back to tellico
plains.


Those permit rules were in place back when I used to fish the area (I left
Atlanta 10 years ago) and originally were used to help support the efforts
to re-introduce/protect/strengthen the native brookies in the permit
stretch.



the daily fee is $5.50 to fish the tellico-citico trout waters. i think
it's used to support the hatchery stocking program.

"Tellico Hatchery receives 8 to 9 inch rainbow trout from DHNFH. These
fish are then grown to 11 to 12 inches and stocked frequently into the
Tellico River, Citico Creek, and Green Cove Pond. This intense
management requires additional fees to support the program and a special
Tellico-Citico permit is required to fish these waters. Several Polk
County streams are also stocked with trout from Tellico Hatchery."

http://www.state.tn.us/twra/fish/Str...ut_Plan_06.pdf

aren't most of the tellico brookie waters on the nc side?

jeff

On May 29, 8:09 am, jeff wrote:

the daily fee is $5.50 to fish the tellico-citico trout waters. i think
it's used to support the hatchery stocking program.

Things may have changed in the past 10 years or maybe I have my
stories crossed but last I fished the TWMA (1996?), the stocked waters
were open fishing (with license of course) but the special managed
(brookie) waters were permit required. And they were in TN.

Somewhere in my papers I have a series of articles, papers, etc on it
that the former owner of the Choo-Choo fly shop in Chattanooga gave
me.

"jeff" wrote in message
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i've no experience fishing .....

[snip lotsa kind words]



it was an exceptionally good time among terrific folks in a beautiful
setting. posted a few pics on abpf...

jeff


I finally have a few minutes to read the various TRs posted recently. We
sure had us some fun chasing fishes around this part of the world. Willi and
jeff proved (again) to be the best sort of houseguests and traveling and
fishing companions. I wish the fish had been more cooperative, but the water
conditions in the lake were not optimal. Still, we were able to hook a few
now and then. I certainly don't have an appropriate level of knowledge about
the lake and the surrounding mountain streams to serve as a guide, but
fortunately my erstwhile companions can find fish in a desert. I look
forward to a future rendezvous.

Before jeff can do any more damage to my hard-earned and well-deserved rep
as a crass cudmurgeon-in-training, let me point out that all kudos for
playing host and making guests comfortable goes to my much better and much
better looking partner, Cindy. Here's a woman who actually enjoys the
company of smelly, sunburned fishermen and will tolerate the accompanying
flotsam and jetsam that is a part of such sustained fishing trips. I'm a
lucky man, to say the least.

I can't/won't try to recount the events of the past couple of weeks, but
suffice to say that I had a great time and hope to see y'all back here again
soon.

I'll post some pics on ABPF as time permits.

Take care,
Danl