Heading up to Georgia

This area is to help those to Flyfish and get the answers to there questions.
Post Reply
grouperking
Old Salt
Posts: 319
Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:12 pm

Heading up to Georgia

Post by grouperking »

I might be heading up to georgia and will stay for a week during spring break...... I know that they have flyfishing there so any help on it would be great. :cheers:

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

Holy poop, I might be able to actually add something to the conversation for once... Probably not hey...

Where in GA? What are you trying to catch?

And why would you come to GA for spring break from SFL?

grouperking
Old Salt
Posts: 319
Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:12 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by grouperking »

I think that im going to Helen,Georgia not really sure and im looking to catch anything and im going to GA during spring break cuz i have no other options (im still 15) :mad:

ilovefishing
Seasoned Fisher
Posts: 202
Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:20 pm
Location: miami

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by ilovefishing »

Helen GA is a very nice place, nothing like here. My parents have a cabin up in Hiawassee, the fishing out there is mostly bass in the lakes or trout in the rivers. Fwiw there's no liquor stores or strip clubs that far up north in GA, gotta go to the next state for one lol

You can go tubing down those rivers as well. Be prepared to be cold as hell in those rivers

User avatar
shos260288
KING MACKEREL
Posts: 682
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 11:50 am

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by shos260288 »

ilovefishing wrote:Helen GA is a very nice place, nothing like here. My parents have a cabin up in Hiawassee, the fishing out there is mostly bass in the lakes or trout in the rivers. Fwiw there's no liquor stores or strip clubs that far up north in GA, gotta go to the next state for one lol

You can go tubing down those rivers as well. Be prepared to be cold as hell in those rivers

I think he said he's 15, so I doubt that will be an issue. :scratch:
Fish Crazy

SaltyDog
KING MACKEREL
Posts: 751
Joined: Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:34 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by SaltyDog »

:stupid: he didnt get the memo

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

Helen is a strange place - unique is one way to describe it. Anyway, luckily for you there is fishing to be done there. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle of the town. It's a colder river so it does hold trout pretty much year round. If you want to go off on your own I'd take a really light spinning outfit and a few small inline spinners like mepps, blue fox, panther martin, etc. 4lbs text line and some small spinners and you should be able to hook up.

Tubing is huge there. In fact it's probably the only reason most anyone even goes to Helen. Places like http://www.coolrivertubing.com/ will be sending hundreds of drunken assholes down the river in bright yellow tubes. There will be no fish to be caught on any days that they are running, so you might wanna check on that. If you have access to transportation, you can head further North to avoid that mess. There are some other rivers, streams, and lakes in the area too. There are professional guides available if you wanna do that. There's a federally protected catch and release trophy trout stream nearby too.

This site has a ton of good info:

http://blog.blueridgecabinrentals.com/2 ... -helen-ga/

grouperking
Old Salt
Posts: 319
Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:12 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by grouperking »

cvstrat wrote:Helen is a strange place - unique is one way to describe it. Anyway, luckily for you there is fishing to be done there. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle of the town. It's a colder river so it does hold trout pretty much year round. If you want to go off on your own I'd take a really light spinning outfit and a few small inline spinners like mepps, blue fox, panther martin, etc. 4lbs text line and some small spinners and you should be able to hook up.

Tubing is huge there. In fact it's probably the only reason most anyone even goes to Helen. Places like http://www.coolrivertubing.com/ will be sending hundreds of drunken assholes down the river in bright yellow tubes. There will be no fish to be caught on any days that they are running, so you might wanna check on that. If you have access to transportation, you can head further North to avoid that mess. There are some other rivers, streams, and lakes in the area too. There are professional guides available if you wanna do that. There's a federally protected catch and release trophy trout stream nearby too.

This site has a ton of good info:

http://blog.blueridgecabinrentals.com/2 ... -helen-ga/
What are spinners?

User avatar
Rare
SHARKER
Posts: 2480
Joined: Sat May 03, 2014 3:05 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by Rare »

grouperking wrote: What are spinners?
Image

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

Rare wrote:
grouperking wrote: What are spinners?
I actually love that song for some reason.

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

grouperking wrote:
cvstrat wrote:Helen is a strange place - unique is one way to describe it. Anyway, luckily for you there is fishing to be done there. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle of the town. It's a colder river so it does hold trout pretty much year round. If you want to go off on your own I'd take a really light spinning outfit and a few small inline spinners like mepps, blue fox, panther martin, etc. 4lbs text line and some small spinners and you should be able to hook up.

Tubing is huge there. In fact it's probably the only reason most anyone even goes to Helen. Places like http://www.coolrivertubing.com/ will be sending hundreds of drunken assholes down the river in bright yellow tubes. There will be no fish to be caught on any days that they are running, so you might wanna check on that. If you have access to transportation, you can head further North to avoid that mess. There are some other rivers, streams, and lakes in the area too. There are professional guides available if you wanna do that. There's a federally protected catch and release trophy trout stream nearby too.

This site has a ton of good info:

http://blog.blueridgecabinrentals.com/2 ... -helen-ga/
What are spinners?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=inline+spinners+li ... her+martin

User avatar
HJared
KING MACKEREL
Posts: 910
Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:13 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by HJared »

You gave him fishing information and taught him how to answer almost any question ever. 2 4 1

User avatar
Kingofthesea
GOLIATH GROUPER
Posts: 1709
Joined: Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:00 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by Kingofthesea »

Yeah. Any reason you were not nearly his helpful when you lived in S Fla?
Those old queen slave owners that wrote our Constitution 200 years ago were brilliant.

"Every four years Americans get the President they deserve".

grouperking
Old Salt
Posts: 319
Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:12 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by grouperking »

cvstrat wrote:
grouperking wrote:
cvstrat wrote:Helen is a strange place - unique is one way to describe it. Anyway, luckily for you there is fishing to be done there. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle of the town. It's a colder river so it does hold trout pretty much year round. If you want to go off on your own I'd take a really light spinning outfit and a few small inline spinners like mepps, blue fox, panther martin, etc. 4lbs text line and some small spinners and you should be able to hook up.

Tubing is huge there. In fact it's probably the only reason most anyone even goes to Helen. Places like http://www.coolrivertubing.com/ will be sending hundreds of drunken assholes down the river in bright yellow tubes. There will be no fish to be caught on any days that they are running, so you might wanna check on that. If you have access to transportation, you can head further North to avoid that mess. There are some other rivers, streams, and lakes in the area too. There are professional guides available if you wanna do that. There's a federally protected catch and release trophy trout stream nearby too.

This site has a ton of good info:

http://blog.blueridgecabinrentals.com/2 ... -helen-ga/
What are spinners?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=inline+spinners+li ... her+martin
I really appreciate the help but id rather u just say what they were than make me look like that dumb a$$ :salut:

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=inline+spinners+li ... her+martin[/quote]
I really appreciate the help but id rather u just say what they were than make me look like that dumb a$$ :salut:[/quote]


You don't look like a dumbass, nobody thinks that. Just a joke :P

cvstrat
FORUM CHEF "RETIRED"
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by cvstrat »

Kingofthesea wrote:Yeah. Any reason you were not nearly his helpful when you lived in S Fla?
Because you'd never have listened to me anyway!

User avatar
islander727
Fisher
Posts: 4
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:44 pm

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by islander727 »

Unicoi state park has a stocked stream that runs through it. It's C&R during certain times of the year.

There is some access to the 'Hootch through town, as mentioned above. It's a different experience fishing a stream with shoppers walking around.

Unicoi Outfitters is located in the area. They'll be able to point you in the right direction as well.

CassandraGonzales
Fisher
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:06 am

Re: Heading up to Georgia

Post by CassandraGonzales »

What about spinners?

Post Reply

Return to “FlyFishing Help”