As expected, all the streams in the park are blown out. They are falling down fast but it will take a while for them to clear up. It will be mostly sunny today with a slight chance for thunderstorms and a high temperature around 84 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are likely tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. High temperatures during the period will be in the low… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 18, 2021
As usual, I am giving the current stream levels and flows below. I probably don’t need to remind you that they will be undergoing major changes all day. If you fish today, I recommend you stay on the same side of the stream your vehicle is on. Stream levels can rise very quickly under the predicted weather conditions. The remain of tropical depression Fred will… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 16, 2021
The streams on the Tennessee side of the park are all still low, especially the West Prong Little Pigeon River. Those on the North Carolina side of the park are a little high. We expect major changes in all the stream levels in the near future. There is a lot of rain forecast. Scattered thunderstorms moved through the area late yesterday and last night, though… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 16, 2021
It looks like some of the streams on the North Carolina side of the park received a lot of rain, especially the Oconaluftee River watershed. Those on the Tennessee side of the park remain at about the same level as yesterday. We received two good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing the higher elevations of the Tennessee side yesterday. You can expect more showers and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 15, 2021
Some of the streams received a little rain recently and some didn’t. That is always the case with isolated thunderstorms. Stream levels are still okay but quite low in the West Prong Little Pigeon River. The high temperature today will be in the upper eighties. It will be partly cloudy with a chance for thunderstorms again. New rainfall amounts ranging from a quarter and half… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 14, 2021
Conditions remain about the same as yesterday. There were some strong pop up thunderstorms yesterday at our home in Pigeon Forge, but I see the West Prong of Little Pigeon River is about the same level as yesterday, which is low. All the other streams in the park seem to be at good levels. We did receive one good report from a Perfect Fly customer… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 12, 2021
All the streams in the park seem to have received some rain except those in the West Prong Little River watershed area. It dropped down a little more and is low. The others are all in good shape from a level standpoint. It will be mostly sunny and hot today. The high temperature will be around 90 degrees. There are more chances of isolated thunderstorms… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 11, 2021
The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are all in good shape near normal levels. Those on the Tennessee side vary from normal at Little River to low at W. P. Little Pigeon River. It will be very warm for a few days with high temperatures near 90 degrees, dropping to around 70 degrees at night. There is going to be medium… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 10, 2021
Sorry for not posting a report yesterday. My grandson James Tanner Deupree graduated from Auburn University yesterday and I was thankfully occupied with that. His picture, fishing the Smokies with Angie and I, is on this website many times from an age of about five years old. Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved though the Smoky Mountains yesterday afternoon and last night. Today will be sunny… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 08, 2021
All the streams in the park are down some from yesterday, but still in good shape near normal levels. We received three good reports from customers fishing the park yesterday. It will be partly cloudy to cloudy today, with a high temperature in the middle eighties and a slight chance for thunderstorms. Showers and thunderstorms are likely tomorrow with a high again in the middle… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – August 06, 2021