Well it has finally happened. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has reduced the flow rate on the hiwassee from 5700 to around 200cfs or so. So far they have opted to keep a low spill rate instead of the one hour generator pulse every fourth hour. This is the predicted water release schedule for the month of may unless we recieve some heavy rain. The recreational release schedule will resume on the Memorial day weekend and continue on through the summer as usuall.
I had a chance to get out on the water and fish for an hour or two just before dark last night. At first there wasn't much happening on top so i opted for a mid size bugger with a P.T. flashback dropped of the back end. The fish didnt't care for the bugger, but they really like the little flashback. Ben and myself started fishing around Towee Creek. We caught several fish out of the main pools as we worked our way down in the runs in the main shoal itself. I took several more fish out of the heavy runs in the shoal with the same rig, but i did switch it up as i dropped both fly's under and indicator. All of the dozen or so fish ate the nymph.
We moved on down the river a couple hundred yard to fish a few runs where we actually had a nice hatch coming off and had a few fish rising. There was a nice hatch as it was a true mixture of bugs. Hendricksons, Bwo's, Caddis, along with some of the big white mayflies as well, all poping up at once. We took quite a few fish on dries, nothing in particual as different fish keyed in on different things. But it was fun to say the least, after the hatch died off we started swinging some softhackle and continued to catch fish right up until dark.
It was a good way to finish off a day.
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