Huntsville Rd / Tallapoosa Accesson Tallapoosa River (below Martin Dam)
What's working on Tallapoosa River
- 01Good flows and clear water conditions are creating excellent fall fishing.
- 02Fish are concentrating in deeper holes and around significant underwater structure.
- 03Baitfish, crayfish, and leech imitations are highly effective subsurface patterns.
- 04October Caddis and Popping Bugs offer opportunistic topwater action on warmer days.
- 05Targeting tailwaters below power dams is recommended for striped bass.
What to tie on at Huntsville Rd / Tallapoosa Access
Picked from recent reports for this stretch.
Clouser Minnow
Mimics abundant baitfish, which predatory species actively feed on in clear, moving spring waters.
Woolly Bugger (Olive)
A versatile and effective pattern for enticing predatory strikes from bass and catfish, also mimics leeches, a consistent food source in spring.
Crappie Jig Fly
Excellent for actively spawning crappie in spring, and effective for other opportunistic feeders keying on small baitfish and invertebrates.
Buy at AmazonDamsel Nymph (Olive)
Damsel nymphs become highly active in late spring, making this pattern ideal for stripping slowly along weed beds where bass and sunfish forage.
Pine Squirrel Leech (Olive)
Small leech patterns effectively mimic sluggish baitfish and annelids in cold to warming water, enticing strikes from predatory species in early spring.
Scud (Pink/Orange)
Freshwater amphipods are a consistent food source year-round in the river's vegetative areas, and this pattern is particularly effective in spring.
Buy at AmazonSan Juan Worm
A consistent attractor, particularly effective after any spring rainfall or flow fluctuations that might wash aquatic worms into the system.
Buy at AmazonGurgler (Bass)
As spring progresses and water temperatures warm, topwater action intensifies, drawing explosive strikes from bass and sunfish.
Clouser Crayfish
Crayfish are a primary food source for bass, walleye, muskellunge, and catfish in the Tallapoosa River. This streamer, stripped along rocky structure, is deadly for predatory fish looking for a meal in the lower summer flows.
Buy at AmazonAlabama season by season
What changes on the water through the year, with the flies for each season.