The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are still flowing near a normal level and clear. Little River on the Tennessee side of the park is still high, too high to wade safely. The West Prong Little Pigeon River is too high to wade safely. Today’s high will be a 64 degrees with mostly sunny skies. Tomorrow will be sunny and rather… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 16, 2024
The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are flowing at a normal level this morning. Little River on the Tennessee side of the park is still high, mostly too high to wade safely. The West Prong Little Pigeon River is a little high but okay. Today’s high will be a very warm 80 degrees with sunny skies. Tomorrow will be sunny with… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 14, 2024
The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are a little above normal this morning. Most of them can be waded safely with caution. Those on the Tennessee side of the park are high, mostly too high to wade safely. Today’s high will be in the upper 60’s with sunny skies. Wednesday will be sunny with a high in the low 70’s. Thursday… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 12, 2024
The streams on the North Carolina and Tennessee side of the park are all high this morning. Thee is a 40 percent chance of rain today and a higher chance tonight. Today’s high will be around 64 degrees. Saturday will have a 70 degrees high temperature and a 50% chance of rain. Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, little Brown stoneflies, little Black Caddis and other insects… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 08, 2024
The streams on the North Carolina side of the park are all high this morning. Those on the Tennessee side are a little above normal levels but rising. It is raining and will continue off and on today with the possibility that some could be heavy. The high will be around 60 degrees. Thursday will be partly sunny with a high of 70 degrees. We… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 06, 2024
I have been reporting that It is getting very close to the time major hatches will begin to take place such as Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, little Brown stoneflies, little Black Caddis and other insects, and that has happened. Notice, I have listed the flies you need to cover these hatches below. Now is the time for you to stock up on Perfect Flies to… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 04, 2024
The streams are all high this morning with stained water. I have been reporting that It is getting very close to the time major hatches will begin to take place such as Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, little Brown stoneflies, little Black Caddis and other insects, and that has happened. I have also been incorrectly reporting that in general, the hatches will start when the water… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly March 02, 2024
The streams are all in good condition flowing near a normal level with clear water as of this early morning. We received two more good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing this past week. It is getting very close to the time major hatches will begin to take place such as Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, little Brown stoneflies, little Black Caddis and other insects. In… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly February 28, 2024
The streams are all flowing near a normal level with clear water. We received three good reports from Perfect Fly customers fishing this past week. It is getting very close to the time major hatches will begin to take place such as Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, little Black Caddis and other insects. In general, the hatches start when the water temperature reaches about seventy degrees… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly February 24, 2024
Sorry for the missed reports. Angie’s mother, Pat, died a couple of days ago. She was in intensive care in the hospital for over three weeks twice as she was fighting squamous cell cancer again, double pneumonia, and other lung related illnesses. She has lived with us and kept us company for the past fifteen years or so. She has helped out as a backup… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains Fly February 18, 2024