freestone river · trout
Tellico River
Live conditions for Tellico River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
72cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · -2.3% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage0.81 ft
Engine callOFF 74 cfs outside wade band 80–280
The water
Tellico River is a freestone river in EastTN, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook. 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.
troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutWade only
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- State Line Campground (Tellico River)walk in
- State Line Accesswalk in
- State Line Campgroundwalk in
- Rough Ridge Creek Ford (TN/NC State Line Access)walk in
- Tellico River at TN/NC State Linewalk in
- State Line Campground / TN-NC Border Accesswalk in
- State Line Campground (Tellico River Access)walk in
- Rough Ridge Campgroundwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.