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Fly Fishing in North Georgia:
An Adventure
Runs Through It!
For almost 50 miles, the Toccoa
flows south to north, beginning in
western Union County before bisecting
Fannin County. Along the way,
the river collects many high-elevation
creeks and streams that support
wild populations of rainbow and
brown trout, as well as indigenous
brook trout. Then it pours cold and
clear from Blue Ridge Dam, supporting
15 more miles of classic trout
water all the way to the Tennessee
border at McCaysville/Copperhill.
The access
is awesome
Along its length, the Toccoa River
offers several sites where
bankside and wading
anglers can cast for
stocked rainbows. Aska
Road, Doublehead Gap
Road, Dial Road, GA Hwy.
60, Curtis Switch Road
and many gravel-topped
Forest Service roads create
easy fishing access,
including several sites
By Bob Borgwat
When Georgia anglers think
“trout fishing,” many find
Fannin County at the end of their
lines. Stretching southward from the
borders of Tennessee and North
Carolina, the watershed that surrounds
Blue Ridge holds everything
trout fishermen love.
It’s all in
the water
Novice or pro, bait-fishing or flyfishing,
casting for stocked rainbow
trout or wild trout … every angler can
find the kind of fishing they seek
along the Toccoa River, the backbone
of Fannin County trout fishing. In
fact, trout fishermen throughout the
Southeast recognize the Toccoa and
its tributaries — both above Lake
Blue Ridge and along the tailwater
downstream from Blue Ridge Dam
— as serious trout water.
Bob Borgwat is a Trout Fest
volunteer and owner of Reel
Angling Adventures. Contact him
at ReelAnglingAdventures.com
or 706-838-5259.
Photo: Bob Borgwat
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