James Marsh

Sorry for the missed reports. All the streams in the park are flowing a little below normal level but not too low to catch good numbers of trout. We had two good reports from Perfect Fly customers come in yesterday. There are good hatches taking place. I noticed the water temperature should hit 50 degrees in the lower elevations today. That is the magic temperature… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – February 16, 2023

The streams are still a little too high to wade safely on both the North Carolina and the Tennessee sides of the park; however, they are dropping fast and should be down low enough to wade safely very soon. The outlook for this week looks very good with less rain and warmer temperatures. The high today will be in the fifties with Tuesday, Wednesday and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – February 06, 2023

The streams are all too high to wade safely on both the North Carolina and the Tennessee sides of the park. We are going to have to give it some time, two days maybe, to get back in good shape. Hopefuly, the rain is about over. It is cold this morning but going up to about 50 degrees this afternoon. The good news is that… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – February 03, 2023

On both the North Carolina and the Tennessee sides of the park, all the streams are at good levels to fish. There is a chance of rain today with chances tomorrow being lower. Today’s high temperature will be in the upper fifties. There are good hatches taking place and you should be able to catch good numbers of trout. Check out our new sister websites:… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 29, 2023

On the Tennessee side of the park, Little River is still a little to high to wade safely but West Prong of Little River is in good shape. Streams on the North Carolina side of the park are still a little too high to wade safely but should be down very soon. There are good midge and winter stonefly hatches taking place. It is very… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 27, 2023

The streams are all flowing above normal levels and need to fall down some more to be safe to wade. There are good midge and winter stonefly hatches taking place. It is cold this morning in Pigeon Forge but remain cold most of the day. The high temperature will be around 40 degrees today. The high temperature will be in the upper thirties tomorrow. Check… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 26, 2023

All the streams are flowing a little above normal levels and need to fall down some more to be safe to wade. There are midge and winter stonefly hatches taking place. We should start getting reports again from customers and others as we are cranking up the daily post again. After a two week stay, I was released from UT Hospital yesterday, and hopefully will… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 22, 2023

Perfect Fly store is doing great. We had am exceptionally good day yesterday, and each and every day this the past week. Some orders were for Xmas gifts but mostly for fishing trips which makes us even more happy. Some of the Smoky streams are still in good shape but some are high. You can expect sunny skies today, tomorrow, and Sunday. Today’s high will… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – December 16, 2022

I woke up this morning thinking the streams in the park may be high again but they aren’t. It is raining. We received a good report from a customer fishing the North Carolina side of the park yesterday. Today should have a high in the upper fifties. Rain will likely bring the stream levels up but not too high we think. Accumulations may be up… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – December 14, 2022

I know some of you are tired of hearing my excuses for not making regular post to this website but no thanks to being over the hill, I’ve had more surgery this past week. This is the first time I have been able to sit down at a computer in the last week. I am doing better and I most appreciate the calls and email… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – December 12, 2022