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The Fishing Report 07/28/20 Great Smoky Mountains National Park and East Tennessee
Time of Readings 4:56 am Eastern Time Zone : CFS=Cubic Feet Per Second

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Rainfall 2020 YTD Knoxville Apt
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71.2 Fahrenheit
1.58 Feet 105 CFS
6:41
8:43
41.91"
29.76"



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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 form Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:56 am, the temperature outside is 72.6 degrees.

It will be cooler and wetter this week. High temperatures through Saturday will be in the low to middle 80’s with lows in the upper 60’s. The chances for rain and thunderstorms range from 70% to 90% each day. Rain may be heavy at times. Right now, weather websites indicate a high chance for heavy rain Thursday.

Little River got a shot of rain overnight. Flow is currently 105 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.58 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 123 cfs.  The river has been receding since about midnight. The water temperature is 71.2 degrees this morning.

Little Pigeon River is flowing at 261 cfs, compared to median flow of 259 cfs at Sevierville.

Oconaluftee River is flowing at 965 cfs, which compares to median flow of 295 cfs at Birdtown.

Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 111 cfs, compared to median flow of 54 cfs.

We will see flows fluctuating in the Smokies streams all week. There is a chance some rivers will be blown out and stained at times over the next few days. And there are some that may be flowing well and good for fishing at times. This could be a week of opportunity. We could use the rain so I am considering the potential for high flows as a blessing.

Lowland rivers are flowing at normal for this time of the year in some cases, and above normal in others. Each day this week will bring us varied conditions leaning toward higher flows and possible stained water. If you catch the conditions right, lowland river fishing could be very good at times. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.

There are angler friendly flows on some tailwaters in the area today, especially earlier. Visit the TVA website and plan accordingly.

The good news for lake fishing anglers is, we will have some cloudy days this week. We all love fly fishing on overcast days. There will probably be much less boat traffic on the lakes. That would be good. The less than good news is, you may be trying to outrun thunderstorms. We all hate that.

I would go, and fish fairly close to the ramp. In our boat, fairly close to the ramp equates to about two miles. In a kayak or canoe, you might want to be closer. If you are fishing on a lake bordered by mountains, storms can sneak up on you quickly, before you see them coming. If you have cell service where you are fishing, watch the weather radar.

Cloud cover extends your lake fishing day. It also gives you more opportunities to use top water flies.

I will be receiving many fly tying orders this week. They are coming at me from everywhere. Wapsi has three of our orders with hopefully two arriving this week. I order every four days from Wapsi. Then there are, Natures Spirit, Umpqua and Firehole orders arriving this week too. We may get two from Whiting Farms. I hope so.

These orders take a long time to process. There are so many small items, hundreds of them, arriving every week. They have to each be scanned into our point of sale system in a certain order so our report matches the vendor’s invoice. Some of these invoices are several pages long. If I make a mistake, I have to find it.

And then, there is packaging the thread. You may have noticed, we package our thread and other spooled items using our own custom printed folded cards in plastic bags, stapled together. Each has a bar code label applied so we can quickly and accurately process your order in the store or in the shipping department.

Guess who does that? I do. Thankfully I enjoy it because I really love the end result and I hope you do too. It is a never-ending process because customers are buying every day. Believe me, I am not complaining. You have probably also noticed, the fly tying department is my favorite department in the store.

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

Byron Begley
July 28, 2020  

NOTICE: FLY TYER WEEKEND HAS BEEN CANCELLED THIS YEAR.

Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com

 
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