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Type of Stream
Freestone
Species
Brown Trout (Wild)
Rainbow Trout (Wild)
Brook Trout (native)
Size
Small to Medium
Location
North Central Georgia
Season
Year-round
Access:
Fair to Good
Hatch Chart:
Non-Resident License
State of Georgia
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
You can fish the stream anytime of the year.
Spring:
Spring is the best time of year to fish the river because of the hatches.
Summer:
The stream fishes fine most of the Summer.
Fall:
Autumn is a great time to fish. The fall foliage along the stream is beautiful. Brown trout spawn in the fall.
Winter:
Warm winter days brings some good fishing at times
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2016 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Noontootla Creek Georgia
Noontootla Creek begins near Frying Pan Gap on Springer Mountain. It’s born in the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area and is a tributary of the Upper Toccoa River. The thing I like about it the most is the fact it’s “catch and release” only. Actually, that isn’t exactly true because you can keep one trout 16 inches long but that’s good enough. Live bait isn’t permitted. In a state that has twenty to one more “kill all you can catch” trout streams than it does “catch and release” stream, that means some concerned anglers thought enough of the stream to see that it’s well managed.
Noontootla Creek has wild rainbows and brown trout with brook trout in some of its tributaries in the headwaters. Most of the rainbows average about six inches long. Most everyone will say they run from six to twelve but there are a lot more that are close to 6 inches than 12. The browns are different. Brown trout of over twenty inches long are not common, of course, but are said to exist in the stream according to the shocking reports that have been done there.
Noontootla Creek has three small tributaries in its headwaters which start at about the 3000 feet level. They are Chester Creek, Stover Creek and Long Creek. They join at an area called Three Forks. These streams are said to contain native brook trout. We have only
fished downstream of there.
You would think this would be a crowded trout stream but its far from it. We have only fished the stream twice. On our first trip there in the Fall season several years ago, I don’t remember ever seeing another angler. It made us think we were fishing a lousy stream until we started catching trout. Just about the entire stream is followed closely with Forest Service Road 58. Access if easy.
Our second trip was also during the Fall, three years ago. We still didn’t see the first angler fishing the stream. Much of the time we were in the creek fishing and it’s highly possible others were there, but we didn’t see the first person, fishing or not fishing. The Fall season also probably had something to do with it. Noontootla Creek is a very good little trout stream and you would think it would be more popular than it is.
The property outside the Blue Ridge Wildlife Area is private. There’s one private outfit called Noontootla Creek Farms that’s a pay to fish arrangement. Fishing there can be arranged through Unicoi Outfitters. There’s a lot of other private property along the stream before it reaches the Toccoa River. It flows through farmland and open areas, so it appears to be doubtful as to whether it would continue to support any wild trout very far outside of the forest area.
We took samples of the aquatic insect larvae from the stream each time we were there. It has a large diversity of insects, but doesn’t seem to have any species that are highly plentiful other than stoneflies. We found a lot of Little Yellow, Little Brown, Winter Stones, Needtlflies, some Goldens and a few Giant Black stoneflies.
There were several species called Blue-winge Olives, Blue Quills, Quills Gordons, American March Browns, Light Cahills, Cream Cahills, and a few other species but none seemed to be highly plentiful.
There were even fewer caddisfly species. Lots of Little Black Caddis, some Cinnamon and a few Green Sedges. Great Autumn Brown sedges are also present.
Ants and beetles are plentiful and there’s probably a few hoppers that can be important in some areas. Sculpin are highly plentiful, along with a few minnows and baitfish.