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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:44 am, the temperature is 64.9 degrees.
We did get some rain yesterday and last night, that amounted to .64 inches in 24 hours. Light rain is falling now and it is breezy.
Rain showers will continue through later this morning before ending with partial clearing. Temperatures are predicted to fall into the 40’s by around 9 am. It will be mostly cloudy tonight with a low in the low 30’s.
Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high in the low 50’s. More rain is likely tomorrow night and lasting through Sunday. Sunday’s high temperature will be in the low 50’s, falling to the low 30’s at night. Snow is possible in the high elevations this weekend.
Little River is flowing at 1,350 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 3.74 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 271 cfs.
Most steams in the mountains are flowing high, too high to safely wade. They are receding. Water temperatures are warm enough for trout feeding activity right now, especially in the lower elevations. The water temperatures will begin to fall through the weekend.
If you go fishing in the mountains today, stand in safe water, and use weighted nymph rigs. I talked to one customer yesterday who said he caught a couple of trout in a small, low gradient stream.
Lowland rivers are flowing high. You could stand in safe water and fish for stocked trout using high sticking or Euro nymphing techniques. Use weighted nymph rigs.
There are pauses in the generation schedules at some dams today. You might have a shot at fishing on a tailwater nearby. Visit the TVA website to see if you can work with a generation schedule on your favorite tailwater.
I found a thought provoking article on the Fly Fisherman Magazine website titled “Why You Should Be Fishing More Leech Flies” by Landon Mayer.
If you use a Wooly Bugger, you may be fishing with a leech fly. That is what I have always thought this fly mimics. I have been fishing with black or olive Wooly Buggers for decades. Some of the largest trout and smallmouth bass I have caught were on Wooly Buggers. I tie and use some huge black Wooly Buggers. I tie those on a #2/0 jig hook, with plenty of lead free wire for weight. The finished flies are 4 inches long.
You can read this article by CLICKING HERE. Landon has some other unique leech patterns to show you in this article and I plan to tie a few.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
February 25, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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