It is 4:00 AM in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The Tennessee side of the park received just about the right amount of rain. They are safe to wade with caution at this time. The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are up but still safe to wade with caution. There is a 50% chance of rain today and ending today. There isn’t a… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 29, 2021
This early morning at 5:00 AM, the steams on the Tennessee, side of the park are just starting to rise. Those on the North Carolina side of the park are up a lot. It is due to rain that will be occurring throughout the day. The rain is badly needed as the streams were getting low. There are multiple hatches taking place and we have… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 28, 2021
The good news is we received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. One was on the middle Little Pigeon River and the other one Oconaluftee. They both did well considering the water is at a low level. The water is warm enough to fish the highest elevations in the park and the brook trout streams are also producing well. It will be… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 27, 2021
The streams are getting quite low and you will have to use some effort to stay hidden from the trout Use steath and make good presentations. Dress to match the background. There is some rain in the forecast for Friday. Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have nearby USGS Station Real-time stream data: Click the links to see updates: Little River: Rate 139 cfs at… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 26, 2021
All the streams in the park are turning out good numbers of trout for our Perfect Fly customers. The streams are below normal levels. Today will be sunny and warm. Use stealth and stay as hidden from the trout as possible. Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have nearby USGS Station Real-time stream data: Click the links to see updates: Little River: Rate 139 cfs at 1.79 ft(Good… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 25, 2021
6/17/08 When we were fishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week, mygrandson ask me “where does the water come from”. I thought that was a goodquestion and maybe one that a lot of other folks may not have thought about. A freestone stream is born at the top of mountains as drops of rainwater andmelting snowflakes. As gravity forces these droplets to seep… Read More »Freestone Streams -Part One
January (1/09/08): I will try to answer three different questions in email I received from the coldwater article of January 6, 2008.1. The first question was pertaining to when to use dry flies and when to usenymphs. Making this decision solely based on water temperature could be a bigmistake. There are times when you may want to fish a nymph when the watertemperature is 55… Read More »More on Fishing Cold Water
(10/27/07):We recently returned from Yellowstone National Park where the brown trout areahead of Smoky Mountain brown trout with their annual spawning process. Ofcourse this is due to Yellowstone’s climate which results in water temperaturesthat are much lower at this time of year than here in the Smokies.Yesterday we noticed that the brown trout have already begin the spawningprocess in the Smokies. Of course it is… Read More »Spawning Brown Trout
(8/14/07):Angie and I just returned from Wisconsin where we had been fishing the lovelysmall spring creeks to find several emails from this website as well as ourYellowstone website (www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com) regardingwater temperatures in both parks. In general, they were concerned about thevery high temperatures and low water conditions in both locations.Normally this time of year we fish early in the mornings in the park. I say… Read More »Straight Fork Stream Water Temperature
(8/9//07):We have recently returned from the New England area and did not have time toget this out prior to leaving. Prior to our departure at the end of July, we fishedthe Little River after the water was back down to a fairly low level andtemperatures were again reaching the high sixties during the afternoon. For acouple of days, late in the day, we had quite… Read More »East Prong of the Little River Terrestrial Hopper/Beetle Rig