Stream levels are all still very near normal on both sides of the park. We received two good reports yesterday from Perfect Fly customers. There are some good hatches continuing to take place. It will be mostly sunny and hot today with a high temperature in the upper 80’s. There’s a good chance for scattered thunderstorms today. Chances continue high at about 40 % every… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 29, 2021
Stream levels on the North Carolina side of the park are up just a little thanks to some rain. Those on the Tennessee side of the park held near the same levels as yesterday thanks to a little rain. There is a better chance of rain from thunderstorms today through Wednesday, and a high chance of rain from thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday. In other… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 28, 2021
Conditions remain about the same as yesterday except the levels are just a little lower. All the streams are down below a normal level but not too low to fish well. We are still getting a lot of good reports from Perfect fly customers. There is a slight chance of a thunderstorm today with chances averaging around 50% starting Monday through Friday of next week.… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 27, 2021
All the streams are down below a normal level but not too low to fish well. We are still getting a lot of good reports from Perfect fly customers. The weather is going to be mostly clear today with a slight chance of rain and highs in the eighties. There is rain on the way starting day after tomorrow so I don’t think the streams… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 26, 2021
All the streams in the park are getting to be a little low. Alan and I sneaked out of the office yesterday to the high elevations of the park along Walkers Camp Prong and later to upper Little River. I made a few cast from the bank without wading. I had a hard time seeing my size 16 Little Yellow Quill fly when it was… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 25, 2021
All the streams in the park are in good shape with clear water. There are good numbers of insects hatching and terrestrial insects (inch worms, ants, beetles and hoppers) are starting to work okay in some cases. See the updated fly list below. We received a good report yesterday from a customer fishing for brook trout. All the high elevations streams should turn out good… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 24, 2021
All the streams in the park are up to good wading levels and in good shape. It appears that most of the streams got just about the right amount of rain to keep the levels up but not blow them out. We received two good reports from customers fishing yesterday afternoon. You should be able to catch plenty trout today. Today will be sunny and… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 23, 2021
It is 4:30 AM this early morning. I am awake thanks to thunder from a thunderstorm nearby. The radar shows it is raining across most of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This will continue today and the streams will continue to rise most all day, so don’t let the current levels fool you. They will be coming up. Take a look at our new websites:… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 22, 2021
The streams are getting rather low and you have to use caution to keep from spooking the fish. Hopefully, Mother Nature is going to help the situation by raining later today and through tomorrow. As much as two inches is predicted. It will be warm today and cooler tomorrow. We are still getting good reports from our Perfect fly customers even though the levels are… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 20, 2021
The stream levels this morning are almost identical to those we posted yesterday. I think some of the streams actually received a little rain yesterday. It did sprinkle a lot at our home in Pigeon Forge. We had a big, six point buck show up in our front yard yesterday. That is rather rare as we have seen only a few over the years. This… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Report – June 19, 2021