Fly Fishing the
Toccoa River
an excerpt from Fly Fishing Georgia
David Cannon
Photography by Chad McClure • Foreword by Jimmy Harris
David Cannon fishes the trophy section of Dukes Creek.
Table of Contents
Other Georgia Waters Available as No Nonsense ebooks
Southern Appalachian Freestone Streams Hatch Chart
Toccoa River—Blue Ridge Dam to Curtis Switch
Toccoa River—Curtis Switch to Horseshoe Bend River Park
Copyright
Fly Fishing the Toccoa River
ISBN-13 978-1-61881-018-2 (ebook)
an excerpt from
Fly Fishing Georgia
A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters
ISBN-13 978-1-61881-000-7 (ebook)
Printed edition:
ISBN-10 1-892469-20-0
ISBN-13 978-1-892469-20-5
© 2009 David Cannon and
Charles McClure
Published by:
No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guidebooks
P.O. Box 91858
Tucson, AZ 85752-1858
(520) 547-2462
Editor: Howard Fisher
Maps, Knot Illustrations and Fly Photos: Pete Chadwell, Dynamic Arts
Photos: by Chad McClure, except where noted.
Design and Production: Doug Goewey
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Segments of this book may be reproduced when using brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles, with appropriate credit.
Other Georgia Waters available as No Nonsense ebooks
Blue Ridge Reservoir
Bull Sluice Lake & Morgan Falls Dam Area
Chattahoochee River
Chattooga River
Clarks Hill Reservoir
Conasauga River
Dukes Creek
Flint River
Georgia’s Colonial Coast
Jacks River
Jones Creek
Lake Sidney Lanier
Lake Seminole
Lake Varner
Noontootla Creek
Savannah River
Tallulah River
Waters Creek
Amicalola Creek: Delayed Harvest
Smith Creek: Delayed Harvest
About the Author
David Cannon caught his first fish at the age of five in his grandparents’ pond on their farm in the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas. Little did he know then that a small bream caught on a bare hook would hatch a lifelong passion—some might even call it an obsession—in the pursuits of all things finned.
Growing up in the suburbs of north Atlanta, David could be found either on a basketball court or on the banks of a farm pond within a short walk of home. After heading into the mountains for college—first at Young Harris College, then at North Georgia College and State University—he discovered a strange fish in the local creeks that spent its entire life battling current all for the pleasure of eating a few small bugs. Not long after this discovery, David made another find—the fly rod—and he soon found himself in the vicious throws of addiction.
After spending a few months as an intern for Governor Sonny Perdue, he landed a job at the state’s largest hunting and fishing magazine, Georgia Outdoor News. Because of his addiction,