Category: Fishing
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How to Target and Catch Trophy Brown Trout on the Chattahoochee Tailwater
This is the article I was looking for 20 years ago when I first started hunting trophy brown trout on this river. Not a general overview of trout fishing on the Hooch, not a basic gear list, and not the usual advice about checking the dam schedule that applies to any fish you might target Read more
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The Ideal Trout Tackle Box for the Chattahoochee Tailwater
Two Complete Setups: Spin Fishing and Fly Fishing I get asked about gear constantly. At the river, at club meetings, at the fly shop — people want to know what to buy before they make their first trip down to the tailwater, and they want to know what the experienced hands are actually using rather Read more
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Wading and Trout Fishing Below Buford Dam
The Most Important Stretch of River in Georgia If there is one stretch of the Chattahoochee tailwater that every serious angler in the metro Atlanta area should know intimately, it is the three miles of river immediately below Buford Dam. This is the headwaters of the trout fishery. The water is coldest here. The fish Read more
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The Trout Stocking Program on the Chattahoochee River
THE TROUT STOCKING PROGRAM ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE TAILWATER A River Made for Trout I want to start by telling you something that surprises a lot of people when they hear it for the first time. The Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam is not a natural trout fishery. It was engineered into one. Before the Corps Read more