James Marsh

All the streams are up some from yesterday’s and last night’s rain and as a result, in a little better shape. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing yesterday. It will be cloudy today with a high temperature around 80 degrees. There’s a good chance for thunderstorms today, tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night. Hopefully, the rain will moderately increase the stream levels… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 19, 2021

All the streams in the park are up some from yesterday. This should really perk up the “catching”. The water is still mostly all clear. There are still good hatches taking place and we are still getting some very good report from Perfect Fly customers. There’s a good chance for rain today and each day following through Tuesday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected again… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 18, 2021

All the major streams in the park received some rain yesterday and last night except the West Prong of Little Pigeon River. That keep the water levels in good shape in most all of the streams. Sunday and next week will be cooler than it has been in the past several days and should be a good time to fish the streams of the park.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 17, 2021

All the streams in the park are down some from yesterday, but still in good shape level wise. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers. Today will be mainly sunny to start, then a few afternoon clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. The high air temperature will be around 88 degrees. It will be cooler tomorrow with a 75% chance of… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 16, 2021

All the streams in the park are up some thanks to some rain and in better shape. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers yesterday. Today is going to be another hot one. There is a small chance for a thunderstorm and rain on some isolated location. This weekend will be cooler with a much higher chance of rain. There are still plenty… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 15, 2021

All the streams in the park are up some thanks to some rain and in better shape. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers yesterday. Today is going to be another hot one. There is a small chance for a thunderstorm and rain on some isolated location. This weekend will be cooler with a much higher chance of rain. There are still plenty… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 14, 2021

All the streams in the park are down a little more. They are still high enough to catch plenty trout as we are still getting good reports from Perfect Fly customers. There will be some chance of spotted showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow but it increase this weekend as a cold front will move through. It will be hot day with temperatures reaches the… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 14, 2021

All the streams in the park are flowing a little below normal levels. The few rain showers and thunderstorms we had yesterday didn’t do quite a good enough job of keep the levels up. We continue to get good reports from Perfect Fly customers. You do need to use a little extra caution to stay hidden from the trout. There are still good hatches taking… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 13, 2021

All the streams in the park are running just a little below normal. There are good chances of rain in the form of thunderstorms and spotted showers ranging from 50 to 30 percent for the coming week. We think that will keep the stream levels in good shape for the coming week. The high air temperatures will be in the upper eighties, so we still… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 12, 2021

All the streams are in good shape this morning, flowing at good levels to wade and fish. The spotted showers and thunderstorms did a good job the last day of keeping the stream levels up. We received several good reports from Perfect Fly customers. Good hatches continue to take place. Fish the upper middle and higher elevations. All the little brook trout streams are producing… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – July 11, 2021