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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:45 am, the temperature is 61.3 degrees.
Today will be mostly sunny and very warm, with a high temperature in the upper 80’s. The low temperature tonight is predicted to be 70 degrees.
We can expect hot days this week with high humidity and heat indexes in triple digits. High temperatures will be in the 90’s each day, Monday through Thursday. There is a low chance for thunderstorms each day.
Little River is flowing at 141 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.78 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 157 cfs. The water temperature is 64.6 degrees this morning.
Some streams in the mountains are flowing below normal while others are flowing slightly higher than normal.
Water temperatures will be warm this week in the low elevations. Fish in the higher elevations where the water is cooler. Look for water temps in the middle 60’s or cooler.
Water levels are getting lower. Trout will be spooky. Stay hidden from the trout. Wear clothing that blends with the forest. Fish the broken water where the trout are hiding.
Dry flies and nymphs will catch trout in the mountains. A yellow sally stonefly imitation is a good choice for your dry fly. A foam beetle is another good choice. Green Weenies are working well as a dropper off your dry or fished alone and weighted.
I can tell you for sure, there will be a lot of people swimming and tubing in Little River today. If you plan to fish in Townsend, go early or late. That may be the case in other rivers too, inside and outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park and National Forests.
There are a lot of people visiting the gateway towns, including Townsend.
Fishing for smallmouth bass, rock bass and panfish is good in the lowland rivers flowing through the valleys. I would go early or late.
The lakes will be packed with pleasure boaters today. Go early. Launch at daybreak. As the sun rises, find shaded banks to fish. Streamers, swimming nymphs, poppers and foam floating flies will attract many species of fish.
With good planning, you will be able to work with the generation schedules at many dams. Wading in a cold tailwater sounds like a good idea to me on a hot humid day. If you are boating, you can jump in the river to cool off occasionally. Visit the TVA website to view the generation schedules and make plans to fish on a tailwater.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
June 12, 2022
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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