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Tellico River fishing regulations

North Carolina WRC classifies water on the Tellico River as Wild Trout Waters, managed as wild. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules. The posted signs and the current digest are the authority, not this page.

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State trout-water classification

Class
Wild Trout Waters
Management
wild
Source
North Carolina WRC, per classified reach

The season and creel rules change yearly and live with the agency; this page does not paraphrase them.

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Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. The full state tables, with the date they were read, are on North Carolina fishing regulations.

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Tellico River — live water temperature, regulations and access