James Marsh

All the streams in the park are a little below normal levels. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. The higher elevation brook trout streams are turning out some good catches. Good hatches continue to come off. Today, will be another hot one. We suggest you fish at least above the 2400 foot elevation where the water is cooler. The water… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 17, 2022

All the streams in the park are a little below normal levels and safe to wade. We received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. Good hatches continue to come off. Today, will be another very hot one. We suggest you fish at least above the 2400 foot elevation where the water is cooler. The water in the lower elevations where trout exist… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 15, 2022

All the streams in the park are safe to wade and in good shape. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. Good hatches continue to come off. Today, will be the hottest day so far this year. It will be hot the rest of the week days and cooler this weekend. We suggest you fish at least above the 2400 foot… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 14, 2022

All the streams received a little rain lately but all of them are still safe to wade. We are getting several good catch reports from Perfect Fly customers. There are some very good hatches taking place. It will be cloudy this morning but clearing with a high temperature in the low eighties. Tomorrow will be clear and sunny with a high in the low eighties.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 09, 2022

All the streams in the park are safe to wade. We are several getting good catch reports from Perfect Fly customers. There are some mega hatches taking place. Rain in the form of showers and scattered thunderstorms are likely today. The high temperature today and tomorrow will be in the low to mid eighties. For fly and gear recommendations for any time you plan on… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 07, 2022

The streams are all safe to wade. We are getting good catch reports from Perfect Fly customers. There are still a lot of good hatches taking place. Today will be mostly sunny with a high temperature in the middle eighties. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for tomorrow through Wednesday. High temperatures will be in the middle eighties for the next two days. For fly and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 06, 2022

The streams are all safe to wade with caution. We are getting good catch reports from Perfect Fly customers. There are still a lot of good hatches taking place. Today will be partly sunny with a high temperature in the low eighties. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the middle eighties. For fly and gear recommendations for any time you plan on fishing… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 05, 2022

The streams are all safe for wading except WP Little Pigeon River is a little high but may be okay at the end of the day. We are getting good catch reports from customers of Perfect Fly. There are still a lot of good hatches taking place. Today will be mostly sunny a high temperature in the low eighties. Sunday will be sunny with a… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 04, 2022

Little River and Oconaluftee River are both safe to wade with caution. West Prong Little River and Cataloochee Creek are near the safe to wade with caution level but a little higher than our recommendations. There are a lot of insects hatching and you should be able to catch good numbers of trout. Today will be sunny and hot with a high temperature in the… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – June 01, 2022

All the streams in the park are still too high to wade safely even with caution. Today will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers. There is a chance for showers for the next five days. We will just have to see how this plays out over the next week from a stream level standpoint. At least there isn’t any heavy rain in the… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – May 30, 2022