I floated the Hi yesterday with some folks yesterday. We did a quick run from the power house all the way down through to reliance. The water flow right now is fairly high running around 5700cfs, but the water is still fairly clear considering the higher water. The fish are fat and healthy right now taking a little bit of everything along the way. Streamers on sink lines, big buggers with a little flash, zoo courgars and such will all take fish.
For the nymph fisherman you gotta get down and do it quickly. Add double the amount of shot that you think will work then back it off from there until you find the rigging that's right for you. The trout are taking a wide variety of nymphs right now so be ready to mix & match and contiue to do so throughout the day. Large princes, hare's ears of different colors, rubber legged nymphs, batman's, pheasant tial, copper john's, etc.......
If the bugs are going to come out it will be mid day around 2pm or so for the heaviest activity. The main hatch that's been happening is the hendrickson, but there also a nice mix of bwo's and some caddis as well.
One of the main things that i have noticed this year is that i have started finding fish in places that i have not seen them in years. The way that the river has been fishing reminds me of around 5-6 years back and it's nice to see. On several different day i have been able to find fish rising almost all the way down towards just above Big Lost Creek. On a couple of evenings i have float a little ways down below webs to fish and i have been finding some nice fish and some good bugs as well down in the cow fields.
So if you haven't fished the Hiwassee in a while this year will hopefully be one of the best ones that we have seen in a long time.
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