tailwater · trout

Obey River

Live conditions for Obey River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

25cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low.

Water temp53.0°F

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 6:00 AM CDT · USACE CWMS. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Obey River is a tailwater below Dale Hollow Dam in Middle TN, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook. 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.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Dale Hollow Dam Day Use Area / Damsite boat rampramp
Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery outlet stream / campground bank accesswalk in
Moody Recreation Area (Moody's Boat Ramp)ramp
SR-53 Bridge (Peterman Bend)bridge
Donaldson Park Boat Rampramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Obey River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

Blue-winged olive (BWO) · peakMidges

The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

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