James Marsh

All the streams including Little River which was high yesterday, are back down near normal levels. There is a 50% to 60% chance for thunderstorms and showers today. We received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. We should have high temperature in the middle 80’s. The forecast remains near the same tomorrow and Sunday. Check out our new sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com &… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 09, 2021

All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels with clear water. We continue to get very good reports from our Perfect Fly customers. We do recommend fishing the upper middle and uppermost sections of the streams where the water is cooler. This includes all the so called Brook trout streams. There are still a lot of insects hatching and terrestrial imitations are… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 07, 2021

All the streams in the park are still in good shape to fish. Stream levels range from normal to a little below normal. We are getting good reports from Perfect Fly customers. It will be sunny most of the time today and very warm with a high temperature in the upper 80’s. The is a 50% to 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 06, 2021

All the streams in the park are a little low but not to the point it is hurting the “catching” very much. Stay low, dress to match the background and make good presentations using Perfect flies and you should catch a lot of fish. Fish the upper middle and high elevations where the water is cooler. There are still a lot of hatching insects and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 05, 2021

All the streams in the park are near a normal level and clear. We are getting some very good reports from customers fishing yesterday. Today will be sunny and warm with a high temperature in the middle 80’s. Tomorrow will be sunny and much warmer with a high around 90 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are likely starting on Wednesday and continuing through the weekend. This… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 04, 2021

All the streams in the park can be fished today. Little Pigeon River is still a little high, but can be waded with caution. Little River is at a normal level in good shape. The North Carolina side of the park streams are all in good shape with good levels. They didn’t get as much rain as the Tennessee side of the park. Ants and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 03, 2021

All the streams in the park are too high to fish except the Oconaluftee and it is rising rapidly. In other words, they all will be blown out today but start dropping this afternoon. The high temperature today will be around 80 degrees with a low tonight in the middle 50’s. Tomorrow through Monday will be clear with no rain expected. High temperatures will be… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 02, 2021

All the streams in the park are well below normal levels. Thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and tonight. Heavy showers are likely tomorrow. A total of one to two inches is possible tonight, with more tomorrow. We are under a flash flood watch. Up to 1 to 2 inches should be expected, but amounts of 2 to 4 inches could take place in the park.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 01, 2021

Stream levels are up a little in Little River and about the same, meaning a little low in Little Pigeon River and all steams on the North Carolina side of the park. It will be warm today with a small chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. The chance of rain substantially increases tomorrow and Friday. The rain is predicted to be heavy on Friday. This weekend… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 30, 2021

Stream levels are all still very near normal on both sides of the park. We received two good reports yesterday from Perfect Fly customers. There are some good hatches continuing to take place. It will be mostly sunny and hot today with a high temperature in the upper 80’s. There’s a good chance for scattered thunderstorms today. Chances continue high at about 40 % every… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 29, 2021