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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:32 am, the temperature is 34.9 degrees.
It will be cloudy this morning before clearing later. The high temperatures is predicted to be in the low 40’s, dropping to the low 20’s tonight. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the upper 40’s and a low in the upper 20’s.
Little River is flowing at 275 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.12 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 303 cfs. The water temperature is 44.2 degrees this morning and it rose to near 46 degrees yesterday.
All streams in the Smokies that have USGS gauge sites are flowing close to normal. Water temperatures have warmed somewhat. Fishing in the mountains streams is not good, but it has improved. If you go fishing today, weighted nymph rigs will work best for you.
Lowland river fishing for smallmouth bass is slow. Stocked trout may be somewhat active in these rivers. Try nymphs, squirmy worms, egg flies and mop flies.
There are fairly long breaks in the generation schedules planned at a handful of dams. Norris Dam is not one of them. Check to the TVA website from the links below to see what is going on at your favorite tailwater today.
We were fairly busy at the shop yesterday. The department with the most sales was flies, which indicates a lot of people were fishing. The fishing accessory department did well indicating the same. The fly tying department upstairs was busy too which is normal in February. Mail order was slow yesterday and last night. Most of our customers order online on weekdays. It has always been that way and I don’t know why.
A strong animal moved the concrete stepping stones that lead from our back door to the bird feeders last night. I think it was probably a bear. We bring the bird feeders in at night so they are not destroyed by bears. We seldom see a bear during the Winter months but the males or females without cubs are probably out there at night, especially on warm nights.
We have four feeders on two posts, loaded with shelled peanuts, sunflower hearts and safflower seeds. The seed selection draws in a vast variety of different birds. Mourning doves love the safflower seeds.
Wild turkeys are attracted to the feeders all day every day. They are there searching for seed dropped by the other birds just a few feet from our house. They don’t get much food but there must be enough to keep them interested. A group of two to four will arrive and stay for a few minutes and leave. Then, a group of 8 or 10 walk through and stop. This goes on all day. If the turkeys can’t find a seed, they look up at the feeders and wait. Eventually, the turkeys move on and a few minutes later, more arrive.
We usually bring the feeders into the basement, to be stored for the next season in March, when the bears become more active.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
February 13, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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