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South Holston (Tailwater)

Live conditions for South Holston (Tailwater): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

1,445cfs↗ risingnot now

Too high to wade safely at 1445 cfs.

Water temp47.1°F

Engine callOFF 1456 cfs outside wade band 8–1000

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · TVA SHDT1 (avg hourly release). Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

South Holston (Tailwater) is a tailwater below South Holston Dam in Tennessee, fished for trout — brown, rainbow. 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

South Holston Dam Tailrace / ADA Fishing Rampramp
Osceola Island Recreation Area (Weir Dam)walk in
Holston View Dam Road Bridgeramp
Emmett Bridge (Emmett Road Access)ramp
TVA Riverbend Walk-in Accesswalk in
Rock Hold (TN-44 / Rockhold Road)walk in
Hickory Tree Bridge (Steel Bridge)bridge
Big Springs Boat Rampramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to South Holston.

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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