The Hiwassee is a beautiful river with different characteristics depending on water generation. It has a large insect population with many hatches to match. It is pretty much unwadeable when they are generating two or more generators, but very wadeable with one or less.
It is a pretty tough river to row a drift boat down, especially the trophy section, but once you learn the lines it is not too bad.
The average size of fish is maybe 10 inches with an occasional 14-20 inch fish thrown into the mix.
If I was going to make a two hour drive to the Hiwassee, I would try to hit the sulphur hatch in June, which can be really good.
For generation schedule call 1-800-238-2264 and follow the menus. If you have any questions just shoot me an email.
DBunch