Cohutta Fishing Company Blog
Fishing Report 1/4/20
Happy New Year! This is the first fishing report of the year for us, as we took a little break for the holidays. We're anticipating another busy year at both shops and with our guide service and would like to thank all of our customers, clients, and friends over the...
Fishing Report 12/19/19
The Etowah River was fishing well before the torrential downpour earlier this week. If the creeks clear up by the end of the week and generation allows, this would be a great option this weekend. Water temperatures at the dam are falling into the low fifties, so be...
Fishing Report 12/12/2019
The Toccoa Tailwater is fishing well. Rain from earlier this week blew out the river for a couple of days, but things should be returning to normal. Don't let adverse weather conditions deter your fishing and dress appropriately. We're primarily looking for that...
The Hierarchy of Trout: Defining Wild, Native and Stocked
Fishing ethics are subjective outside of the law. This means that we set our own standard for what we regard as sporting beyond the regulations set by state game departments; if I were to make a broad generalization about many trout fly fishermen, trout caught on...
Fishing Report 12/6/2019
The Toccoa Tailwater is fishing well. We're focusing on subsurface presentations right now - nymphs imitating stoneflies, caddis, midges, and blue-winged 0lives like tungsten split case BWOs, Thrift Shop Caddis, Pat's Rubber Legs, Holy Grails, soft hackle pheasant...
Holiday Gift Guide
Shopping for the outdoorsman and sportsman is hard. We're all very particular in what we like, and it seems like we've already got everything. To make things a little easier on you this holiday season, we've compiled a list of some of our favorite stuff that we use...
Fishing Report 11/21/19
The current forecast for this weekend is projecting 90-100% rain starting in the late afternoon Friday through the evening Saturday. Be mindful of rain if you plan on getting out - wet and cold do not mix, but some of the best fishing can be had with inclement weather...
Fishing Report 11/16/19
The Toccoa Tailwater is fishing well! This time of year, I like to focus on subsurface presentations, but we've been seeing some smaller caddis and Blue Winged Olives, so bring along some dry flies with you. Bigger, size 6-10 Pat's Rubber legs and stonefly patterns,...
Hatch Outdoors: Float and Fly for tough winter Bass
If you're like us, summer fishing just isn't enough, but chasing bass through the winter months can be daunting with a fly rod. We're always trying new systems and techniques to entice those tough-to-feed cold weather spotted bass. Check out this video from our...
Fishing Report 11/8/2019
The Toccoa Tailwater is fishing well and will continue to fish well into the winter. We've been seeing better water temperatures and received some much-needed rain in the last couple of days. Some of our guides have been seeing caddis coming off on the river in the...
Georgia’s Delayed Harvest Part 1
Delayed Harvest season is upon us! For those of you that are unfamiliar with this term, Delayed Harvest (or DH for short) is a designation given to portions of rivers and streams that are stocked heavily from November through May. These portions of water are regulated...
Fishing Report 11/2/19
The Toccoa Tailwater is still a little off color downstream from the creeks running in, but not unfishable; Tammen park and the dam are clear. I would focus on subsurface presentations: stonefly nymphs (Pat's RL, Double Bead Stone), Caddis larva/pupae (Holy Grails,...