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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:44 am, the temperature is 68.5 degrees.
It is going to be hot and muggy again today, though there is a cooling trend coming soon. We have a chance for showers and thunderstorms today, especially this afternoon. The high temperature will be in the upper 80’s with light winds, except in thunderstorms. Showers and thunderstorms are likely tomorrow and tomorrow night with a high temperature in the upper 80’s. Sunday will be cooler, in the middle 80s. Showers and thunderstorms are likely. Expect more rain Monday.
Rain fell in the Little River watershed overnight. The river rose briefly but it is receding now. Little River is flowing at 121 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.69 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 117 cfs. The water temperature is 70.9 degrees.
Most streams in the Smokies that have USGS gauge sites are flowing near normal this morning, which is low.
Water temperatures are warm in the low elevations so fish higher where the water is cooler. Look for water temperatures in the middle 60’s or cooler. Dry flies and nymphs will work. A dry fly and dropper rig is a good choice. Mine would be a fairly large terrestrial dry fly with a bead head nymph or Green Weenie dropper.
Most lowland rivers are flowing near normal, which is low in August. Fish the deeper pools and runs for smallmouth bass, rock bass and panfish. Poppers and foam floating flies may work. If not, go to streamers, nymphs or crayfish patterns. It will be partly sunny today. Go early or late. If the river you intend to fish has tree canopy, fish the shaded areas.
You have some wade fishing options on the tailwaters if you go early. TVA and the Corps will be generating later today at most dams I checked in the area. If you are boating, you have more tailwater fishing opportunities today. Visit the TVA website from the links below to plan your day.
I would launch at daybreak on the lakes and fish the banks until the sun is high and shade is hard to find. Cast poppers, foam floating flies, streamers or swimming nymphs. Watch for game fish feeding in schools of shad on the surface early.
Our manufacturers sales representatives are on the road, showing new gear to be ordered for Fall 2021 and Spring of 2022. Raz Reid from Sage, Fishpond, Redington and Rio was at the shop yesterday. After finishing his presentation, he and I talked for a while in my office, catching up. We have been working together for 26 years.
I talked to Lily Renzetti yesterday. We have been working together that long. She is a good friend who I enjoy talking to. We make each other laugh.
We sold another Renzetti Master Vise online to a customer in Texas night before last, so I wanted to be sure we had another one headed our way with some other Renzetti tools. I hate being out of anything from Renzetti.
Will and I are writing content and photographing fly tying tools to place on the online store. We are almost finished putting everything we sell in the fly tying department, on the website. This project began early last year. Until then, we had never sold fly tying materials and tools online.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
August 13, 2021
WALTER BABB MADE BAMBOO FLY RODS FOR SALE – CLICK HERE
Walter is selling a selection of over 50 bamboo fly rods. All but one was made by him. The other one was custom made for Walter by Walton Powell. Read the description of each rod on the list and contact him if you are interested in buying one or more than one. Even if you are not interested in a purchase, this web page is very interesting to read. Walter has made over 285 bamboo rods over the past 20-years. You will be working directly with Walter on a purchase and you can test cast the rods before you buy one at his home. Or, call him and he will ship a rod to you. His contact information is on the web page he and I created.
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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