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Originally Posted by IdahoBoy
My question is: we have been reading in books and TN fishing literature the potential of the Watauga and Holston rivers for trout. I wanted to hear any of your feedback, experiences, or advice you may have from the past, or, alternatively whether you would advise a trip of the sort this time of year.
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I would add the Clinch to that list and maybe move Watauga to 3rd or 4th behind Caney. Here in the state as of right now: (1) South Holston (2) Clinch (3) Caney and (4) Watauga as for top rivers go.
The Caney is my favorite river due to it being local to the me and it is gaining its ground back to what was prior to Dam repair. Before that in this state it was arguably South Holston/Caney talked about as top.
You can in a couple years start leaning to the Cumberland below Wolf Creek in KY again. That river was top dog in these parts talked about in the same breath as White River System in AR. They had Dam repair as well that caused lots of problems to the cold tailwater.
The great thing is all these places are weekend trips from Middle Tennessee as well as getting your freestone fix in the mountains of GSMNP only 4hrs to the east.