Amicalola Fly fishing at hwy 53

[chrisjones1]

I hadn’t been there in about 15 years. Wife and I went a few weeks ago to check river depth and access. Looks like WMA has made a park out of it. Hiking trails were a lot better than before but river levels were really high.
Was wondering if there was any trout left in here anymore. Used to catch quite a few using wet flys around mid May from bridge going North within a few hundred yards. Lots of big rocks out in the middle but they are all covered up now with all this rain.

 

[chrisjones1]

Guessing no one fishes here anymore.

 

[RatherbeFishing]

There are supposedly some fish in there during DH season, but I've never had any luck down there. It gets a good bit of pressure and foot traffic from what I can tell and the wading gets tough a couple hundred yards upstream. It is a very pretty area, though.

 

[chrisjones1]

It’s pretty deep now from what I recall several years ago. My son and used to wade 1/2 mile or so from the bridge up when there was no trails. DNR did make a nice spot for handicap anglers though. Wasn’t anyone at all there when the wife and I hiked the end of the trail up. About 50 cars pulling in after a few hours of us being there. Water was chest high everywhere though. All the rain has it full at the time. Not far from home so thought I might try it but maybe late Fall or super early spring. Only two people that came werefishing. Everyone else just walking dogs and taking pictures.