Fly Fishing Report

All the streams in the park are still flowing a little below normal level and clear. We received three good reports yesterday from Perfect Fly customers. We recommend fishing the upper lower to middle elevations as the water is the lower elevations has warmed and have fewer hatches, mostly Hendrickson/Red Quills which inhibit the larger, slower to moderately moving pools. Today will be sunny and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 21, 2023

All the streams in the park are flowing a little below normal level and clear. We didn’t receive any reports yesterday, and I assume it was because of the high wind gust. It is cold this morning and I would suggest you give it some time to warm the water up a little prior to fishing this morning. Today will be sunny with a high… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 18, 2023

Conditions remain about the same as yesterday and that is very good. The streams are still all in good shape with water safe to wade. Rain showers taking place throughout the park but so far only a little has fell. We received another good report from a Perfect Fly customer fishing yesterday. There are a lot of insects hatching. As mention yesterday and the day… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 15, 2023

The streams are still all in good shape with water safe to wade. Rain showers taking place throughout the park but so far only a little has fell. We received two more good reports from Perfect Fly customes fishing yesterday. There are a lot of insects hatching. As mention yesterday, we have received several good reports from Perfect Fly customers this past week. So far,… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 14, 2023

Sorry for the missed reports. We have been working hard at Perfect Fly to get all the new product and this season’s inventory squared away. The streams are all in good shape with water safe to wade. We have received several good reports from Perfect Fly customers this past week. Today will be partly cloudy with a high in the upper seventies. There is a… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 13, 2023

It is raining lightly this morning in Pigeon Forge. We should have a high temperature in the low fifties. Rain showers should continue to take place through tomorrow. Tomorrow should be a little warmer with highs in the upper fifties. Easter Sunday will clear and warmer with a high temperature in the upper sixties. Good hatches will continue to take place. I haven’t added Hendricksons/Red… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 08, 2023

Today will be sunny and very warm with a high temperature in the mid eighties. Tomorrow will be sunny and very warm with a high temperature in the mid eighties. There is a chance for rain tomorrow night through Saturday. You should be able to fish the lower and middle elevations of the park with success. There should be some very good hatches taking place.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 05, 2023

Conditions have been lousy for the past three days. Cold nights made it tough for the water temperature in the low elevation streams to reach 50 degrees during the day and when it did, it was only for a short time that was not long enough for the fish to adjust to it. Yesterday’s strong winds made it unsafe to be outside underneath trees. That… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 02, 2023

Conditions have been lousy for the past three days. Cold nights made it tough for the water temperature in the low elevation streams to reach 50 degrees during the day and when it did, it was only for a short time that was not long enough for the fish to adjust to it. Yesterday’s strong winds made it unsafe to be outside underneath trees. That… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – April 02, 2023

All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels that are safe to wade. It will be cloudy with a slight chance of rain this morning but clearing later on in the day. Expect a high temperature in the low 70’s. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high in the low 60’s. Wednesday will be sunny with a high in the low… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – March 27, 2023