James Marsh

The It is going to start raining later today and through the night. The high temperature today will be in the middle to upper fifties. They are forecasting another warm day tomorrow with heavy rain possible continuing through tomorrow night. Some areas are under a flood watch. Most roads in the Park have re-opened, including Little River Road between Elkmont and the Townsend “Y” and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – February 02, 2022

The streams are all a little low this morning, but okay and good for wading during the winter months. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday but hopefully, we will today. It is going to be a nice one. It will be sunny and warm with a high in the upper fifties. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and warm with a high in… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – February 01, 2022

Looks like some of the stream levels came up some the past 24 hours due to melting snow. The water temperature is colder than it has been this winter. It is very cold this early morning but it will be sunny and warmer today and tomorrow. Today’s high temperature in the lower elevations of the park will be in the low fifties and tomorrow’s high… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 31, 2022

Check out the photo at the bottom of this page of Derek Porter and friends hiking in the Smokies yesterday near Road Prong and Mt. Collins Shelter. The temperature was -3 degrees and there is 12 inches of fresh snow on top of what was existing. The stream levels are still low and okay for wading except one must use caution to not fall in… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 30, 2022

All the streams are safe to wade except for being cold or possibly having slush ice in the water. All are getting low but not too low to affect the fishing. Streams on the N. C. side of the park stayed about the same levels as yesterday, indicating they got some rain as well as snow. Melting snow will probably help all other them as… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 29, 2022

All the major streams except the Oconaluftee River are near a normal level and it is just a little low. We still didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday. None of the streams is likely to be low very long. Rain and snow is forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow morning. The high temperature for today should reach about thirty degrees. The higher elevations… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 28, 2022

All the streams in the park are safe to wade. Oconaluftee is getting a little low but still okay. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday. This morning is very cold and currently about 20 degrees. The high today will be near 50 in the lower elevations of the park. Friday will be a little colder and Saturday the coldest day so far… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 27, 2022

The streams are all still within the safe to wade levels and in good shape. It will be colder today but the water temperature is staying in the low forties in the lower elevations of the park. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing yesterday but hopefully, we will today. It will be in the high thirties today with no chance of precipitation. It… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 26, 2022

All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels this morning. It will be sunny and warmer today with a high in the low forties. Tomorrow, will be mostly cloudy with a high in the upper thirties. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing the park yesterday but hopefully, we will get some good reports tomorrow. Check out our sister websites: www.flyfishingyellowstonenationalpark.com… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 25, 2022

Somehow, I managed to loose the reports I made for the past few days. Reports from about the 16th to today just disappeared. I’m still a little slow at dealing with WordPress and I’m sure I did something wrong. All the streams in the park are flowing at good levels this morning. It will be sunny and warmer today with a high in the low… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – January 24, 2022