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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:42 am, the temperature is 55.6 degrees.
Today will be beautiful, mostly sunny with a high temperature in the low 80’s. It will be sunny and warmer tomorrow. The high will be in the upper 80’s.
Little River is flowing at 151 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.82 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 157 cfs. The water temperature is 63.7 degrees.
Some streams in the mountains are flowing at normal for this date. Others are flowing slightly higher. Fishing is good. Trout are taking dry flies and nymphs. When customers ask me what flies to use, I am still recommending a yellow sally stonefly or a foam beetle for my dry fly, though I know other patterns will work well too. For a nymph, my choice would be a Green Weenie. I would drop a Green Weenie off my dry fly.
Fishing for stocked trout will be good today. Nymphs, squirmy worms, weenies, midge pupa and small streamers will work.
Lowland rivers flowing through the valleys are a normal levels. Fly fishing for smallmouth bass, rock bass and panfish is good. I would use poppers or foam floating flies because I love catching these fish on top water flies during the warm months. Nymphs, streamers or crawfish patterns may work as well or better.
Winds will be light on the lakes today. However, it will be sunny and recreation boat traffic will be heavy. For those two reasons, I would go early. Launch at daybreak. Fish the banks with streamers, swimming nymphs, poppers or foam floating flies. As the sun rises higher, find shaded banks to fish. When shaded banks are hard to find and pleasure boats are zipping around, I would go home.
You have many tailwater fishing options today. You will need to work with the planned generation schedules, as usual. Tailwater fishing for trout has been good. Fishing for smallmouth bass is very good in some tailwater rivers. Visit the TVA website to plan your day.
We are busy at the shop which is normal in June. Tourism is alive and well in Townsend. The large group of “small motorcycle” enthusiasts are here for their annual event. Those little bikes look like they would be fun to own and ride. I think I’ll stick with my bicycle and stay off the main heavily traveled roads.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
June 11, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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