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Holston River (Cherokee Tailwater)

Live conditions for Holston River (Cherokee Tailwater): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

11,338cfs→ holdingnot now

The gauge's last reading is 5 hours old.

Water temp—

Engine callOFF 11338 cfs outside wade band 100–400

Gauge read 9:00 PM CDT · USGS 03493510. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Holston River (Cherokee Tailwater) is a tailwater in EastTN, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — rainbow, brown. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Cherokee Dam Access (TVA Dam Road / SR-92)ramp
Indian Cave Accessramp
Nance's Ferry Boat Rampramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Holston River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

Midges

The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

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