I had the privilege of fishing with two youngsters from northern Tennessee on Friday. Both Tarren Vauehn and Wyatt Montooth were well experienced at fly fishing but both had little to no experience at fishing in the park. They had planned a four day trip to fish Tellico Creek but drove up to Pigeon Forge to fish in the park and carry me along. I… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 4, 2023
I will be going with a couple of guys from Kentucky tomorrow afternoon. There still hasn’t been any rain except from small, isolated pop-up showers, so I’m expecting less than perfect fishing conditions. The streams on the North Carolina side are in a little better shape than those on the Tennessee side. You will need to make good presentations, stay low, dressed to match the… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 01, 2023
All the streams in the park are low. Those on the North Carolina side are in a little better shape than those on the Tennessee side. You will need to make good presentations, stay low, dressed to match the background and as hidden from the trout as possible. Notice we have added terrestrials to the fly list below. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com &… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 30, 2023
All the streams in the park are a little low. The North Carolina side of the park streams are little closer to normal levels than the Tennessee side. All of them require some caution to avoid spooking the trout. Today will be cloudy with a high in the middle seventies. Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high in the low eighties and a chance… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 29, 2023
Today should be a nice one that is mostly cloudy with a high in the low seventies. There is a slight chance of rain. You can expect some very much needed showers tonight and tomorrow. The high tomorrow will be mid sixties. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com & www.perfectflystore.com Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have nearby USGS Station Real-time stream data:… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 27, 2023
You could almost say it is cold this morning but the high should reach to 80 degrees this afternoon. There is no chance of rain until tonight when there is a slight chance of thunderstorms. Tomorrow should be sunny and clear except for a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com & www.perfectflystore.com Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 25, 2023
Today will be sunny and cooler with a high temperature in the upper seventies. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the low eighties and a slight chance for thunderstorms. We received a couple of good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing the park yesterday. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com & www.perfectflystore.com Smoky Mountain Stream Conditions:The streams with links that have nearby USGS… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 24, 2023
We had the mildest, calmest storm I have ever witnessed in Pigeon Forge yesterday. We didn’t see a drop of rain before 2:00 PM. All the weather forecast I saw before yesterday morning painted all day Saturday as a very stormy one. I never heard it thunder. The best way to determine exactly when it is going to rain, is to go fishing and when… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 21, 2023
It is the calm before the storm feeling this morning. There really isn’t any storm approaching the weather experts tell us there will be some heavy rain today. All the streams are low and could use some rain. Hopefully, they won’t get too much. Right now at 7:30 AM, it is overcast and calm. We had two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 20, 2023
Sorry for all the missed reports. I have been dealing with some health issues again but hopefully, back in good shape. Little River and the West Prong PIgeon River are both a little high right now but falling and should be okay to wade with caution this afternoon. Oconaluftee and Cataloochee are both in good shape. We have been getting very good reports on Little… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – May 18, 2023