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The Fishing Report 04/30/20 Great Smoky Mountains National Park and East Tennessee
Time of Readings 5:13 am Eastern Time Zone : CFS=Cubic Feet Per Second

Fishing Gauge indicating fishing is fair.

 

Water Temperature Little River
Stream Flow
Sunrise
Sunset
Rainfall 2020 YTD Knoxville Apt
Rainfall Normal YTD Knoxville Apt

 

53.8 Fahrenheit
3.48 Feet 1,130 CFS
6:44
8:22
33.01"
16.80"



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We are changing our curb service. Please call us at 865-448-9459.
We will take your order and process it.
We will either ship your order to you or place it on the front porch after you tell us you are in the parking lot to pick it up and the transaction is complete.

We will be available for you by phone:
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or you may shop online.

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Townsend, Tennessee - Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina

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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 5:13 am, the temperature outside is 51.8 degrees.

It was very windy yesterday. The rain began early in the evening. We recorded .67 inches of rain in Townsend, while at the Knoxville Airport, .53 inches fell.

Today will be mostly cloudy with a high temperature in the low 60’s and a 30% chance for showers. There is a fair chance for showers tonight and tomorrow morning, giving away to sunshine and dry conditions through Sunday.

Little River is flowing at 1,130 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 3.48 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 244 cfs. The water temperature is 53.8 degrees this morning.

Little Pigeon river is flowing very high at the Sevierville gauge. Flow is currently 3.460 cfs, 4.68 feet, compared to median flow of 519 cfs. The river peaked and is receding.

Oconaluftee River is flowing at 2,260 cfs, 3.73 feet, which compares to median flow of 534 cfs for this date. The river is receding.

Tellico River is flowing at 925 cfs, 3.06 feet, compared to median flow of 266 cfs. The river is receding quickly.

Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 478 cfs, 3.67 feet, compared to median flow of 115 cfs.

West Prong of the Little Pigeon River in Gatlinburg is flowing at 470 cfs, 4.79 feet, which compares to median flow of 65 cfs.

Most if not all streams in the mountains are flowing high this morning. This has been a wet year. Rainfall this year is double normal rainfall, as recorded at the Knoxville Airport.

Wading is not safe in most streams today. The same holds true in most if not all lowland rivers in the area.

Most dams are actively generating and in some cases sluicing in the region. There was a break in the generation at Douglas Dam this morning. The generators should be off at South Holston Dam this morning though sluicing there continues at 550 cfs. TVA will be generating at the dam later today. Check the dam schedules yourself before going.

Lake fishing may be your best option today nearby. Weighted streamers are a good choice. Some lakes may be stained. The wind should be out of the west at 5 to 10 miles per hour according to the National Weather Service.

We should be ready to re-open the shop to a limited number of customers by mid-week, next week. We will still offer curb service and of course mail order.

The hand rails in our store, are made from raw pine. They were cleaned yesterday to prepare for coats of polyurethane. John is going to coat them today and tomorrow. Then, we will be able to sanitize them effectively. We have new “sneeze guards” at the cash registers. They arrived yesterday.

From what I have read and heard, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will not re-open for at least one week from now and maybe two weeks, or even longer. There has been no official word from the park.

I am working on adding new fly tying materials to our online store. Right now, I am adding “Tinsel”. You can see that department by CLICKING HERE. Check out Lagartun tinsel. You will get sticker shock. I will be adding less expensive and similar tinsels today.

Lagartun tinsels are imported from France. They are very strong and they are varnished so you won’t have to worry about tarnishing, even after your flies have been used and placed back in your fly box.

Lagartun tinsel is really pretty. One spool ties a lot of flies. The cost per fly is not much.

I also added some new dubbing dispensers yesterday, Rabbit and Superfine #2.

This project is going to take at least another month, working full time. It is “slow going” because I am doing all of the photography myself in our studio. Photographing fly tying materials is new to me but I am learning new tricks every day.

Two DSLR cameras are set up on tripods and ready to shoot at any time. We have five different lighting units, some are flash and others are continuous. It looks kind of crazy in there, but it works. My work space is in the same room. The size of the room is about 500 square feet.

Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.

Byron Begley
April 30, 2020

Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com

 
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