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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:35 am, the temperature is 22.5 degrees.
It will be sunny and warm today with a high temperature in the upper 50’s, falling to the middle 30’s tonight. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and warm with a high in the upper 50’s and a chance for rain. Rain will continue to fall tomorrow night through Thursday night, while temperatures will remain warm through the period. Heavy rain with two to three inches through Friday is possible according to the WBIR website. We could use some rain but not that much.
Little River is flowing at 164 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.89 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 305 cfs. The water temperature is 36.3 degrees this morning.
Streams in the mountains are flowing low for now. That will likely change over the next three days. Water temperatures are cold today, but that will change too, as warm air moves into the area this week with the rain.
Some roads have re-opened in the National Park, including Little River Road (from Sugarlands to Elkmont), Cades Cove Loop Road, Cherokee Orchard Road and Laurel Creek Road. It appears Newfound Gap Road is still closed, according to the Park’s Roads Twitter page. Little River Road from Elkmont to the Townsend “Y” is still closed due to snow and ice.
TVA and the Corps will be generating all day at most dams with some short breaks. There are long breaks planned at South Holston Dam, due to work being done on the weir dam. The turbines will be off for a long period at Wilbur Dam but they are spilling at 240 cfs. There may be other tailwater fly fishing options so check the TVA website from the links below to see what they are.
The Atlanta Fly Fishing Show will be held this weekend. Paula and I attended the show a few years ago and had a great time. Will Davis, who works here with us will be a fly tying demonstrator at the show. Tradd Little will also be a fly tying demonstrator. Kevin Howell will be a presenter.
Gary Borger will also be a presenter. We shipped a new Renzett vise to Gary a few weeks ago. He tied a fly on it and sent the fly to us with a nice note.
You can read more about the Atlanta Fly Fishing Show by CLICKING HERE.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
February 1, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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