James Marsh

I have had some more medical problems lately and fell behind on the reports. I am doing much better and hope to keep them up to date. A good friend and fly fisherman, Derek Porter, headed into the park yesterday for two or three days of camping and fishing just in time for the latest blast of winter weather. I should have some good reports… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – November 15, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below a normal level and could use some more rain. They are in okay shape though. You just have to use caution to stay low and hidden. The “catching” has been better the past few days for our Perfect Fly customers. It will be sunny today with a high temperature in the upper seventies. Tomorrow will… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – November 04, 2022

Although the levels are up some from our last report, all the streams in the park are still flowing below a normal level and could use some more rain. They are in okay shape though. The “catching” has been better lately for our Perfect Fly customers. Today will be mostly cloudy with a high temperature in the upper sixties. It will be sunny tomorrow with… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – November 02, 2022

It has been a rough week for the Marsh family. Angie and I lost our child dog Biddie. She has been with us for 15 years. It is difficult to try to explain how painful it is for both of us. Five days ago, on a fishing trip with my friend Kenny Mims, I managed to fall down on some rocks on Straight Fork Creek… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 29, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below a normal level. I’m sure the colder weather slowed and/or stopped the hatches. The water went up to 51 degrees yesterday at 4 PM, but the cold night before had it down to the low forties before that. I didn’t see anything hatching yesterday on the Middle Prong Little River. Hopefully, there will still be… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 22, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing a little below a normal level in okay shape. I’m sure the colder weather has slowed the hatches and/or turned out a lot of cripples. There should still be some good Blue-winged olives, Mahogany duns, Slate Drakes and Great Autumn brown sedge hatches taking place later today and tomorrow. In Pigeon Forge at 5:30 AM, it… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 19, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below normal levels. There are still good Blue-winged olives, Mahogany duns, Slate Drakes and Great Autumn brown sedge hatches taking place. It is going o be warm and breezy today with a slight chance of rain. Today’s high will be around 78 degrees. There s a forty percent chance of rain tomorrow with a high of… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 15, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below normal levels. The rain we got yesterday and last night wasn’t near enough to bring them back up to a normal level. Sorry for the missed reports. I’ve had to be out of pocket for the past three days. I did note this morning that according to a customer’s report, there are still good Blue-winged… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 13, 2022

All the streams are still flowing a little low. You still need to use caution to stay low and hidden from the trout as much as possible. Dress to match the background. You should be able to catch some trout at almost any elevation but we recommend fishing the middle elevation to low elevations. The highest elevations can be a little on the cold side.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 09, 2022

The streams are all flowing a little low and could use some rain. You still need to use caution to stay low and hidden from the trout as much as possible. You should be able to catch some trout at almost any elevation but we recommend fishing the middle elevation to low elevations. The highest elevations can be a little on the cold side. Good… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 06, 2022