tailwater · trout
Hiwassee River (Reliance)
Live conditions for Hiwassee River (Reliance): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
No live reading right now — this water has no live gauge wired yet.
The water
Hiwassee River (Reliance) is a tailwater below Apalachia Dam (TVA) in Tennessee, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook, cutthroat. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.
troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutcutthroat trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Apalachia Powerhouse Boat Rampramp
- Towee Creek Accesscarry
- Big Bend Parking Area / Picnic Areawalk in
- Childers Creek Access / Trailheadwalk in
- Reliance State Boat Ramp (Railroad Trestle)ramp
- Hiwassee River Picnic Area (TN-30 pull-offs)walk in
- Gee Creek Campground Boat Rampramp
- US Highway 411 Bridge Accessbridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.