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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:38 am, the temperature is 35.5 degrees.
A cold front has moved into the Smokies. It will be cool during the day and cold at night through the weekend. It will be partly cloudy and breezy today with a high temperature in the low 50’s, falling to the middle 30’s tonight. Saturday will be sunny and breezy with a high in the 50’s and a low dipping to the upper 20’s to low 30’s at night. Sunday will be sunny with a high in the middle 50’s and a low in the lower 30’s.
Little River is flowing at 382 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.37 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 356 cfs. The water temperature is 50.2 degrees and falling this morning.
Most streams in the mountains are flowing close to normal.
The big questions are, how far will water temperatures fall this morning, before bottoming out? How warm will the streams be later today? Some streams have reached the middle and upper 40’s already. I don’t think there is any doubt that the stream temperatures will fall this weekend and fishing will slow.
We can expect warmer days and nights Tuesday through Friday of next week if the long term forecast holds true.
If you go fishing in the mountains today, fish the low elevations where the water is warmer. Nymph rigs will likely work best. If the water temperatures rise to over 50 degrees later today, dry flies and wet flies may work.
Fishing for stocked trout in the rivers flowing out of the mountains could be fair to good today. Water temperatures are the determining factor. Plan on using sub-surface flies.
TVA and the Corps of Engineers plan to generate at most dams today with some exceptions. It looks like they will not be generating at Wilbur or South Holston dams. They plan a long pause at Norris and Chatuge dams later today. Maybe you can work with those. If you are boating or floating with a guide, there are more options. Check the TVA website before you go.
I talk to customers almost every day who are learning to tie flies. Almost every one of them have been watching YouTube and reading books to learn. Some have taken classes, including those in our area who are active in Project Healing Waters.
There is so much information online, you can learn at home. New tyers are also turning to their local fly shops for advice, including ours.
Choosing the right size thread is confusing to many new tyers. Last week, I re-arranged our thread wall and printed a handout to help new tyers choose threads. There is also a handout in the bead department, to help tyers choose the right bead size to match the hook size.
I would like to share an article written by Charlie Craven. I found it this morning on the Fly Fisherman Magazine website. The title is, “The Finer Points of Attaching Dubbing to your Thread”. This article is well done. Even a seasoned fly tyer can get something out of it.
You can see and read the article by CLICKING HERE.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
March 25, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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