Fly Fishing Report

All the streams in the park are still flowing below a normal level. I’m sure the colder weather slowed and/or stopped the hatches. The water went up to 51 degrees yesterday at 4 PM, but the cold night before had it down to the low forties before that. I didn’t see anything hatching yesterday on the Middle Prong Little River. Hopefully, there will still be… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 22, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing a little below a normal level in okay shape. I’m sure the colder weather has slowed the hatches and/or turned out a lot of cripples. There should still be some good Blue-winged olives, Mahogany duns, Slate Drakes and Great Autumn brown sedge hatches taking place later today and tomorrow. In Pigeon Forge at 5:30 AM, it… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 19, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below normal levels. There are still good Blue-winged olives, Mahogany duns, Slate Drakes and Great Autumn brown sedge hatches taking place. It is going o be warm and breezy today with a slight chance of rain. Today’s high will be around 78 degrees. There s a forty percent chance of rain tomorrow with a high of… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 15, 2022

All the streams in the park are still flowing below normal levels. The rain we got yesterday and last night wasn’t near enough to bring them back up to a normal level. Sorry for the missed reports. I’ve had to be out of pocket for the past three days. I did note this morning that according to a customer’s report, there are still good Blue-winged… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 13, 2022

All the streams are still flowing a little low. You still need to use caution to stay low and hidden from the trout as much as possible. Dress to match the background. You should be able to catch some trout at almost any elevation but we recommend fishing the middle elevation to low elevations. The highest elevations can be a little on the cold side.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 09, 2022

The streams are all flowing a little low and could use some rain. You still need to use caution to stay low and hidden from the trout as much as possible. You should be able to catch some trout at almost any elevation but we recommend fishing the middle elevation to low elevations. The highest elevations can be a little on the cold side. Good… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 06, 2022

All the stream in the park received a little rain Saturday but some are still low. You still need to use caution to stay as low and as hidden from the trout as possible. I was with Kenny Mimms from Kentucky, five days last week. He did all the fishing and I did all the coaching. He caught his first brook trout the first day… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 03, 2022

All the stream in the park are low, flowing well below normal. Obviously, they used all the water we should have gotten in Florida. I’m kidding of course, but that is way things go. Hopefully, that will change some today and tomorrow as the forecast show that the park should get some rain today. You will need to use caution to stay as low and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – October 01, 2022

All the stream is the park are flowing a little below a normal level. I will have to thank my close friend Harvey Warren. He ordered some Needle stoneflies for his upcoming Smoky trip and it hit me that I had failed to list them on the recommended fly list below. Thanks Harvey. I have another friend coming from Kentucky next Monday to fish the… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – September 22, 2022

All the stream is the park are flowing near a normal level. Little Pigeon River is a little low. Normal levels are lower at this time of the year than they are in the spring, winter or late fall. Overall conditions are as good as they get at this time of the season. Today will be warm with a high temperature in the upper eighties.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fly Fishing Report – September 20, 2022