Check out the photo at the bottom of this page of Derek Porter and friends hiking in the Smokies yesterday near Road Prong and Mt. Collins Shelter. The temperature was -3 degrees and there is 12 inches of fresh snow on top of what was existing. The stream levels are still low and okay for wading except one must use caution to not fall in… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 30, 2022
All the streams are safe to wade except for being cold or possibly having slush ice in the water. All are getting low but not too low to affect the fishing. Streams on the N. C. side of the park stayed about the same levels as yesterday, indicating they got some rain as well as snow. Melting snow will probably help all other them as… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 29, 2022
All the major streams except the Oconaluftee River are near a normal level and it is just a little low. We still didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday. None of the streams is likely to be low very long. Rain and snow is forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow morning. The high temperature for today should reach about thirty degrees. The higher elevations… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 28, 2022
All the streams in the park are safe to wade. Oconaluftee is getting a little low but still okay. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday. This morning is very cold and currently about 20 degrees. The high today will be near 50 in the lower elevations of the park. Friday will be a little colder and Saturday the coldest day so far… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 27, 2022
The streams are all still within the safe to wade levels and in good shape. It will be colder today but the water temperature is staying in the low forties in the lower elevations of the park. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday but hopefully, we will today. It will be in the high thirties today with no chance of precipitation. It… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 26, 2022
All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels this morning. It will be sunny and warmer today with a high in the low forties. Tomorrow, will be mostly cloudy with a high in the upper thirties. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing the park yesterday but hopefully, we will get some good reports tomorrow. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 25, 2022
Somehow, I managed to loose the reports I made for the past few days. Reports from about the 16th to today just disappeared. I’m still a little slow at dealing with WordPress and I’m sure I did something wrong. All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels this morning. It will be sunny and warmer today with a high in the low… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 24, 2022
The streams are all down to okay wading levels if caution is used or very close to safe levels that should be okay this afternoon. Today, will be cloudy with a high in the mid forties. There is a chance of rain this afternoon and snow tonight. There is a winter storm warning for the mountains and park with possible heavy snow for Sunday. Check… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 15, 2022
The streams are all still too high to wade safely. They are dropping slowly because of the cold weather and saturated ground. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing this past week. The forecast is for partly sunny skies today with a high temperature in the middle to upper forties. There is a chance for snow tomorrow morning, turning to rain in the afternoon.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 14, 2022
The ground is saturated and stream levels are falling slower than normal. All the streams in the park are still too high to fish well or wade safely. Give them another day or two to fall. There is some chances of rain and snow in the next few days but no major amounts are expected at this time. Today should be sunny and warmer with… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 12, 2022