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The Fishing Report 11/21/18 Great Smoky Mountains National Park and East Tennessee
Time of Readings 6:02 am Eastern Time Zone : CFS=Cubic Feet Per Second

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Water Temperature Little River
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Rainfall 2018 YTD Knoxville Apt
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46.9 Fahrenheit
2.37 Feet 345 CFS
7:18
5:25
52.75"
41.85"



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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 from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 6:02 am, the temperature outside is 31.6 degrees.

It will be sunny today through Friday. This is going to be a beautiful Thanksgiving holiday, until Friday night. Rain returns then, and will last through Saturday. It will be cool today, but warm slightly tomorrow and Friday.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTED HIGHS AND LOWS TODAY

LOCATION HIGH LOW
TOWNSEND 49 33
GATLINBURG 48 32
ELKMONT 48 31
CADES COVE 46 33
NEWFOUND GAP 44 32
MOUNT LECONTE 40 31
CHEROKEE 53 30
SMOKEMONT 47 32
BRYSON CITY 53 30
MAGGIE VALLEY 50 31
COSBY 49 32

Little River is flowing at 345 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.37 feet on the flow gauge. Median flow for this date is 170 cfs. The water temperature is 46.9 degrees this morning.

Little Pigeon River is flowing at 616 cfs, or 2.34 feet at the Sevierville gauge. Median flow there is 243 cfs for this date.

Oconaluftee River at the Birdtown gauge is reporting 635 cfs or 2.07 feet on the gauge. Median flow is 308 cfs. The water temperature there is a chilly 44.1 degrees.

Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 153 cfs, compared to median flow of 59 cfs. The water temperature is 42.6 degrees.

If you had a slow day of fishing yesterday, it could have been due to the falling water temperatures. The temperature fell over 5 degrees through the day yesterday, in Little River.

The streams are cold this morning. But, it will be warmer today, and the sun will be shining. Fishing will be best later today, after the water warms. Tonight will be slightly warmer than last night. More sun and warmer temps during the day tomorrow should improve fishing.

I think you will do best using nymphs or streamers. The trout will be hunkered down this morning. Get your nymphs down deep, tickling the streambed. I would use a Tellico, Prince, Pheasant Tail or Hare’s Ear but many different nymph patterns may work as well or better.

Streamers may work too. A Muddler Minnow is hard to beat. They mimic a sculpin, which are very common small fishes in some Smokies streams. Little River is choked full of them. These fish live on the stream bottoms, hiding under rocks. We have captured many when doing stream sampling work, especially on Little River.

Other streamers that resemble minnows or young trout might produce too. The larger trout, especially browns, feed on minnows in the mountain streams. The big browns also enjoy small rainbow trout.

You may see a blue wing olive hatch so be prepared with different sizes of the adults and emergers.

Townsend is busy due to the influx of holiday travelers and that will continue through the weekend. Hardly anyone will be working on Thanksgiving day, and many will be off Friday too.

We will be closed on Thanksgiving day and I will not be writing a fishing report. We will re-open Friday morning at 9 am.

It may be crowded, but the next three days will be perfect for driving on the Foothills Parkway, especially the new section that opened earlier this month. You will not believe the mountain and valley views from there. You will likely see a lot of traffic at Cades Cove too.

If you are here enjoying the mountains, or anywhere else, I hope have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

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

Byron Begley
November 21, 2018  

Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com


 
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