James Marsh

It looks like some of the streams on the North Carolina side of the park received a lot of rain, especially the Oconaluftee River watershed. Those on the Tennessee side of the park remain at about the same level as yesterday. We received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing the higher elevations of the Tennessee side yesterday. You can expect more showers and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 15, 2021

Some of the streams received a little rain recently and some didn’t. That is always the case with isolated thunderstorms. Stream levels are still okay but quite low in the West Prong Little Pigeon River. The high temperature today will be in the upper eighties. It will be partly cloudy with a chance for thunderstorms again. New rainfall amounts ranging from a quarter and half… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 14, 2021

Conditions remain about the same as yesterday. There were some strong pop up thunderstorms yesterday at our home in Pigeon Forge, but I see the West Prong of Little Pigeon River is about the same level as yesterday, which is low. All the other streams in the park seem to be at good levels. We did receive one good report from a Perfect Fly customer… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 12, 2021

All the streams in the park seem to have received some rain except those in the West Prong Little River watershed area. It dropped down a little more and is low. The others are all in good shape from a level standpoint. It will be mostly sunny and hot today. The high temperature will be around 90 degrees. There are more chances of isolated thunderstorms… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 11, 2021

The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are all in good shape near normal levels. Those on the Tennessee side vary from normal at Little River to low at W. P. Little Pigeon River. It will be very warm for a few days with high temperatures near 90 degrees, dropping to around 70 degrees at night. There is going to be medium… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 10, 2021

Sorry for not posting a report yesterday. My grandson James Tanner Deupree graduated from Auburn University yesterday and I was thankfully occupied with that. His picture, fishing the Smokies with Angie and I, is on this website many times from an age of about five years old. Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved though the Smoky Mountains yesterday afternoon and last night. Today will be sunny… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 08, 2021

All the streams in the park are down some from yesterday, but still in good shape near normal levels. We received three good reports from customers fishing the park yesterday. It will be partly cloudy to cloudy today, with a high temperature in the middle eighties and a slight chance for thunderstorms. Showers and thunderstorms are likely tomorrow with a high again in the middle… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 06, 2021

The streams are all in decent shape this morning and you should be able to catch plenty trout in the middle or higher elevations. The recent rain has helped the overall condition of the streams. Today, should be mostly sunny with a high temperature in the low eighties and a slight chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. Tomorrow will be a little warmer, with a chance… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 05, 2021

We had some light rain in Pigeon Forge last night. Some areas of the Smoky Mountains received some good amounts of rain. The high temperature today will only be in the high seventies. There is a chance of rain and thunderstorms today. It is currently raining in some parts of the Smoky Mountains. The North Carolina side of the park is getting some heavy rain.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 04, 2021

The streams are all down some from yesterday’s levels. They are all still at okay levels but you do need to use caution to stay low and as hidden as you can. It will be partly sunny again today with a high temperature in the low 80’s. There is a chance for thunderstorms, today. Tomorrow’s forecast is about the same as today’s with higher chance… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 03, 2021