Chattahoochee (Buford Dam) and Toccoa (Blue Ridge Dam), Georgia · USA
Dam-controlled river. Flow here follows releases upstream, so it can change within hours. Check the release schedule before you drive.
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Flow: USGS Chattahoochee River at Buford Dam, near Buford, GA, USGS Chattahoochee River near Norcross, GA, USGS Ocoee River at Copperhill, TN. Recent readings are provisional. Normal range: the middle half of past flows for these dates. Forecast: National Weather Service.
Year-round; Mar–May best (black caddis late Feb, Sulphurs in May), Oct–Nov good; Chattahoochee Delayed Harvest Nov 1–May 14 Wrong?
Two cold dam releases: the Chattahoochee below Buford Dam carries trout through suburban Atlanta, and the Toccoa below Blue Ridge Dam is a mountain float. Wading on both depends on the release schedule (USACE at Buford, TVA at Blue Ridge).
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Fly into ATL Atlanta, then 1 hr 15 min to Buford Dam; about 2 hr to Blue Ridge. About 52 miles (83 km) by road. Marker on the Chattahoochee just below Buford Dam; the Toccoa tailwater runs about 14 miles from Blue Ridge Dam to McCaysville/Copperhill, roughly 1.5 hr north.
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Driving from Atlanta about 1 hr, Chattanooga about 2 hr 40 min, Birmingham about 3 hr 40 min, Knoxville about 4 hr 10 min.
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