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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:51 am, the temperature is 64.9 degrees.
Heavy rain briefly fell overnight at our house amounting to .60 inches.
Showers and thunderstorms are predicted today and through the night. It will be cooler today with a high temperature in the middle 70’s. Severe thunderstorms are possible to likely today and through tomorrow. The high temperature tomorrow is predicted to be around 60 degrees. Sunday will be partly sunny and warmer.
Little River is rising and currently flowing at 162 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.86 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 270 cfs. The water temperature is 63.3 degrees this morning.
The Little Pigeon River gauge in Sevierville is indicating rising water. Cataloochee Creek is rising. Other streams in the Smokies are stable at the moment. I believe there is a good chance for stained and rising water over the next two days. Only time will tell but be aware it could happen.
Fishing for stocked trout in the rivers flowing out of the mountains is good. But, if heavy rain in thunderstorms falls in some drainages, the rivers may rise and become stained.
The same risk exists in the lowland rivers further downstream. These rivers are prone to more staining.
With the threat of severe or strong thunderstorms, I would not be fishing on the lakes today. I have owned boats for 60 years and found myself in some scarry situations due to storms. If there is a chance for severe weather, I learned at an early age to keep the boats at home or at the marina.
There are long pauses scheduled at some dams today. Fishing on a tailwater might be a reasonable option. Check the TVA website to see what is going on at your favorite tailwater. Don’t forget your rain gear.
I know what I’ll be doing all weekend, receiving and processing fly tying orders. Some big ones will be arriving. The largest Firehole order that we have ever placed will show up this morning. A Whiting Farms order I placed about a month ago is scheduled to arrive today. There are more. I love managing and helping customers in the fly tying department. I always have.
Paula is keeping our bird feeders out during the day, later in the Spring than we ever have before. Eventually, a bear will tear them down. Our plan is to cease feeding when that happens. Then, we will install a bear-proof feeder pole that is tall, made from steel and secured in a large hole filled with concrete. It holds five bird feeders.
Wild turkeys visited our feeders all Winter, pecking up seed that other birds dropped. Just about anytime we looked out, there would be turkeys just a few feet away.
When the mating season ended, the turkeys disappeared, with one exception. One lonely hen stays out there all day eating dropped seeds. Sadly, she has no nest. I don’t know why.
She is accustomed to us. I walked outside one day this week and she was in the carport. She kept her distance from me, maybe 15 or 20 feet. When I walked toward her, she walked a few feet away, but never ran off. She found a safe place to live with a reasonable supply of food.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
May 6, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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