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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:48 am, the temperature is 43.0 degrees.
Today will be cloudy, chilly and wet. The high temperature today will be in the upper 40’s with a low tonight in the low to middle 30’s and a chance for rain this morning. Tomorrow will be sunny with scattered frost in the morning. The high temperature will be in the middle 50’s with a low in the low to middle 30’s. Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and warmer.
Little River is flowing at 139 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.79 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 126 cfs. The water temperature is 51.1 degrees and falling.
Streams in the Smokies are flowing at about normal with some flowing slightly below normal. Normal flows now are higher than they were days or weeks ago, as we historically get more rain in early November. Water temperatures are chilly in the higher elevations. The USGS gauge site at Cataloochee Creek is reporting a water temperature of 46.2 degrees right now. The water temperature at the site on Oconaluftee River is 49.3 degrees.
Fish the lower elevations where the water is warmer. Weighted nymph rigs will likely work best for you. You could encounter a blue wing olive hatch and you might see some nice brown trout.
Lowland rivers are flowing at about normal but water temperatures are falling. Smallmouth bass fishing in these rivers will become slower as the waters cool. Fishing for trout, where they are stocked, will be good. Nymphs, streamers or egg patterns are good fly choices for stocked trout.
If you are hoping to wade fish on a tailwater today, your choices are limited. If you are boating, you have a few more. Visit the TVA website to see if you can work with their generation schedules.
Tailwater anglers and guides are hoping TVA and the Corps of Engineers will reach their target impoundment levels soon, and curtail the generation we are seeing now. Tic Smith and Mike Bone were in the shop yesterday buying fly tying materials. They are both seasoned tailwater guides and old friends of mine. I really enjoy talking to and learning from them. They are tailwater experts. Since I oversee the fly tying department, what they tell me is very important and helps me do a better job for you.
October has always been my last month to fish on the lakes so from this point on, until Spring, I have no experience on the lakes. I guess the thought of falling out of the boat in colder water on a cold day is not something I care to experience. However, after being a boat owner and operator since the 1960’s, I have never fallen out of a boat. I have flipped canoes unintentionally. I have not flipped or fallen out of a kayak either, not yet.
Having said that, I think today may be at least a fair lake fishing day and it could be even better. It will be overcast and winds should be calm, topping out at 5 miles per hour. My best guess would be to slowly retrieve heavily weighted streamers, casting to the banks. My favorite streamer to use when fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass is a #2/0 weighted black Wooly Bugger tied on a jig hook. If I went today that is what I would be using and I would be wearing a life jacket of course.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
November 4, 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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