More Fishing at the FFFSEC Flyfishing Festival

Federation of Fly FishersTM - South Eastern Council

Area Guides,

Fly Shops &

Resources

Unicoi Outfitters
Jimmy Harris
706-878-3083
Helen, GA &
Blue Ridge, GA
(Jimmy is offering the following special ROD-FEE rates on Nacoochee Bend water for before and after the Festival - Mon-Wed, 5/30-6/01 & Sun 6/05 -
1/2 Day unguided - $90
Full Day unguided - $120
Want a guide? Contact the shop for their fees - you still get the special rates on the water)

River through Atlanta
Chris Scalley
770-650-8630
Atlanta, GA
(Chris is offering a 25% discount to FFF members (and a 50% discount to FFF SEC Festival Team members) for June trips on the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area)

Southeastern Anglers
Dane Law
866-558-7688
Reliance, TN

A special treat for the members, participants, and guests of the

Southeastern Council Fly Fishing Festival - Southeastern Anglers is offering full service drift boat trips for two anglers on theHiwassee Scenic River for $350.00 on the days surrounding the Festival. The Hiwassee River is 80 beautiful mountain miles from Unicoi state Park. We can also arrange lodging in the area.

Early June is dry fly time on the Hiwassee with sulfurs hatching in the afternoons. We will have dependable flows to float the upper river section through the gorge in the drift boats. More info about us can be found at www.southeasternanglers.com to reserve a trip,call Dane Law at 770-655-9210.

Cohutta Fishing Co
Andy Bowen
770-606-1100
Cartersville, GA

Eastern Fly Fishing Club
Erik Ashlin
706-838-4250
Blue Ridge, GA

Field And Fly Guide Service
Randy Schlitz
770-826-3666
Atlanta, GA

Fly Box Outfitters
Willie Perry
866-460-2507
Kennesaw, GA

North Georgia Trout Online

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Georgia Council of Trout Unlimited

Cowen's Guide Service
Henry Cowen
678-450-1133
Lake Lanier, GA

The Fish Hawk
Gary Merriman
404-237-3473
Atlanta, GA

Fishing Opportunities #2

at the

2012 SouthEastern Council

Flyfishing Festival

Friday - Sunday, April 27 - 29, 2012

More Trout Fishing

Many of north Georgia's trout streams are within an hour's drive. Odds are pretty good that you'll be passing near some excellent fishing on your way to or from the Festival - why not allow an extra day or two for fishing. Check the list of guides and fly shops at the left and on our exhibitors page - support the people who support us. Many of these guides and shops are offering special rates for Festival attendees. But if you want to explore on your own we've added a little something this year to help out. Jimmy Jacobs, author of "Trout Fishing In North Georgia - A Comprehensive Guide to Public Streams and Rivers" has graciously given us permission to use information from five chapters (19 - 23 of the Third Edition) of his book to provide you with a map and some other information on the following public Put & Take, Wild Trout and Trophy Trout streams. Just click on the creek or river name. Jimmy is also one of this year's program presenters and Exhibitors, so if you want a copy of the Fourth Edition of his great book, come on over to his booth and chat with him.

Put & Take Public Streams:

Boggs Creek in Chestatee WMA along FS-443 off US-19 & 29 north out of Dahlonega

Chattahoochee River headwaters in the Chattahoochee WMA off FS-52 out of Robertstown
(upstream of DNR check station)

Dicks Creek in Chestatee WMA along FS-34-1 164

Frogtown Creek in Chestatee WMA in Desoto Falls Scenic Area off US-19 & 29 north out of Dahlonega

Low Gap Creek in the Chattahoochee WMA off FS-52 out of Robertstown

Soque River near Batesville 6 miles north of Clarkesville off GA-197
from G. C. Jackson Bridge upstream for 3/4 mile
Spoilcane Creek in the Chattahoochee WMA along GA-75 out of Robertstown

Swallow Creek in Swallow Creek WMA off FS-95 (Swallow Cr Rd) off GA-76 just south of Hiawassee

Wildcat Creek in Lake Burton WMA along FS-26

Wild Trout Waters:

Bear Den Creek in the Chattahoochee WMA off GA-348 off GA-75A out of Robertstown

Boggs Creek in Chestatee WMA along FS-443 off US-19 & 29 north out of Dahlonega

Chattahoochee River headwaters in the Chattahoochee WMA off FS-52 out of Robertstown
(upstream of DNR check station)

Dicks Creek in Chestatee WMA off FS-144 off FS-34-1off US-19/129 & GA-60 north out of Dahlonega

Dicks Creek in Lake Burton WMA along FS-164

Dodd Creek in the Chattahoochee WMA off FS-244 off GA-348 off GA-75A out of Robertstown

Frogtown Creek in Chestatee WMA in Desoto Falls Scenic Area off US-19 & 29 north out of Dahlonega

Mill Creek in Swallow Creek WMA along FS-26-2 off GA-75 south of Hiawassee

Moccasin Creek in Lake Burton WMA (outside Mocassin Creek State Park) along FS-26

Swallow Creek in Swallow Creek WMA off FS-95 (Swallow Cr Rd) off GA-76 just south of Hiawassee

Upper Sections of Dukes Creek in the Chattahoochee WMA
along GA-348 off GA-75A out of Robertstown

Trophy Trout Streams:

Dukes Creek in the Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek Conservation Area
off GA-75A off GA-75 south of Helen (Public)

Waters Creek in Chestatee WMA off FS-144, off FS-34-1 off US-19/129 and GA-60 out of Cleveland (Public)

Private Waters (Contact appropriate Guide or Shop website below)

Upper 3-mile on Tickanetley Creek (www.easternflyfishingclub.com)
Lower 2-mile on Tickanetley Creek (www.easternflyfishingclub.com)
Hog Heaven on the Soque River (www.easternflyfishingclub.com)
Hog Hollow on the Soque River (www.easternflyfishingclub.com)
Frog Hollow on the Chestatee River (www.unicoioutfitters.com)

River North on the Soque River (www.unicoioutfitters.com)

Brigadoon on the Soque River (www.brigadoonlodge.com)

Blackhawk on the Soque River (www.blackhawkflyfishing.com)

Nacoochee Bend on the Chattahoochee River (www.unicoioutfitters.com)

Noontootla Creek Farm near Blue Ridge (www.unicoioutfitters.com)

Mountaintown Creek near Ellijay (www.unicoioutfitters.com)

More Fishing

Flat-Water (Lakes and Impoundments)

For flatwater anglers there are plenty of fishing opportunities in NE Georgia from 100 acre impoundments to 60,000 acre reservoirs. Best best include:

Stripers and Spotted Bass on Lake Lanier (www.henrycowenflyfishing.com)

Largemouth Bass and Bream in Smith Lake at Unicoi State Park

Spotted Bass and big Brown Trout at Lake Burton (www.georgialaketrout.com)

Big Walleye (& unforgetable scenery) in Tugalo Lake

Bream underneath overhanging tree limbs in Lakes Rabun and Seed

Schools of hybrids and trophy stripers on Lake Hartwell (www.buckernstfishing.com)

Details on these fisheries are found at http://www.gofishgeorgia.com/node/242?cat+fishing . Click on the lake of your choice and plan your trip. For more details on fishing in Georgia, as well as making a license purchase ahead of time online, you can go straight to http://www.gogishgeorgia.com and navigate around the site for a variety of information on fishing here.

One final note; the SouthEastern Flyfishing Festival happens to be going on during National Fishing & Boating Week. Residents of Georgia may fish on Saturday, June 4th without having to purchase a fishing license or a trout license.

The waters listed here are only a small sampling of the opportunties you will have available during your visit to the SEC FFF Fly Fishing Show & festival. We hope you will join us and look forward to introducing our guests to this great region.