James Marsh

All the streams in the park are in good shape to wade. Today high temperature will be mid eighties with a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Tomorrow’s high will be in the upper eighties with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com & www.perfectflystore.com Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have nearby USGS Station Real-time… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 07, 2023

All the streams in the park except Little River are low enough to wade safely. Little River should be safe to wade with caution by noon today. Today’s high temperature will be mid eighties. It will be mostly cloudy today with likely showers and thunderstorms. The skies should be clear tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s high should reach the upper eighties with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 05, 2023

All the streams in the park are low enough to wade safely. Some are a little low and need some special caution to keep from spooking the trout. The high for today will be around 88 degrees. It will be mostly cloudy with chance for showers and thunderstorms. We could have wind gust up to 20 miles per hour. Some thunderstorms could be strong to… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 03, 2023

All the streams in the park are flowing at levels you can wade safely. We are having some thunderstorms in the Pigeon Forge this morning but I don’t think the park is going to get enough rain to greatly change the stream levels. Today will be partly sunny with a high temperature of 90 degrees. It will be hot again tomorrow with a high in… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 30, 2023

All the streams in the park are low enough to be waded with caution. There are good hatches taking place. You should be able to catch good numbers of trout. It will be sunny today with a high temperature in the mid eighties and no chance of rain. Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high temperature around 90 degrees. There’s a slight chance for… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 28, 2023

All the streams in the park are too high to wade safely this morning. The streams on the Tennessee side of the park are very high and will take some time to drop and clear. It is cloudy this early morning but it will clear later later on. The high temperature today will be in the upper eighties. It will be sunny tomorrow and Wednesday… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 26, 2023

All the streams in the park can be waded safely with caution this morning. They are all high, but so don’t take this such that a lot of caution needs to be used. Good hatches are still taking place. We received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. Today will be partly sunny with occasional showers. Thunderstorms could occur. The temperature should reach… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 23, 2023

All the streams in the park can be waded safely with caution this morning. That is an unexpected change after most everyone looking at the forecast thought the streams would all be too high to wade safely today. I talked to one customer who fished the park yesterday, who reported some very good Light Cahill and Little Yellow stonefly hatches taking place. It is raining… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 22, 2023

All the streams on the North Carolina side of the park are high this morning. They received the most rain from yesterday and last night. Streams on the Tennessee side of the park are down some from yesterday’s highs. You can expect more showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. The strongest thunderstorms could bring heavy rainfall and gusty winds. Today’s high temperature will be in… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 21, 2023

At 7:30 this morning, it isn’t raining in Pigeon Forge but showers are expected to begin anytime now. The rain should increase as the day goes by. Showers and thunderstorms are predicted today and tonight. Showers are predicted everyday through Saturday. The streams are all up this morning because of the rain the past several hours. Little River is already at the level that it… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 20, 2023