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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:53 am, the temperature is 59.2 degrees.
The temperature is not a typo. It is really that warm. It will be sunny today with a high in the middle to upper 60’s, falling to the middle 40’s tonight. Tomorrow will be sunny and warmer, with a high of 70 and a low in the middle 40’s. The weekend will be warm, with rain moving in Sunday night.
Little River is flowing at 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.63 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 208 cfs. The water temperature is 43.9 degrees and rising.
Streams in the mountains are flowing low but the good news is, they are warming. They will warm further as the week progresses. Fishing will improve. Go later when the water is warmer today. Trout will be spooky and hiding in the broken water. Dress to blend with the forest. Nymphs will probably work best today.
Lowland rivers are flowing low. Smallmouth bass fishing will probably be slow today. Trout fishing where they are stocked will be better. Nymphs, egg patterns and Squirmy Worms are good fly choices.
TVA is planning breaks in the generation at several dams this afternoon. Tailwater anglers may have a good day, whether you are wading or boating. It will take planning. Visit the TVA website from the links below to see what your tailwater trout fishing options are today.
A malfunction at Hebgen Dam in Montana, caused the flows in the Madison River to fall drastically, trapping trout and other fish species in side channels. Brown trout redds are exposed. Agency staff and volunteers captured fish in the side channels and moved them to the main channel. Divers worked yesterday to repair the dam. I don’t know how the situation stands today but we will find out soon. You can read a story on the Fly Fisherman Magazine website by CLICKING HERE.
We are meeting with Chris, our Simms sales representative this morning to see the Fall 2022 collection. We like Chris. We will be placing our Fall pre-season orders soon.
Customers are ordering gift cards for holiday gifts. It’s that time of the year.
We have a new Firehole hook in several sizes arriving. It is a short shank, wide gape jig hook and it is offered in several sizes. We are hoping they will arrive by Friday, and be out for you to see by the weekend. I will immediately take photos and put this new hook on our online store.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
December 2, 2021
The Needy Family Auction will be held December 11, 2021 at 5:30 pm at the Sweetwater, Tennessee Primary School. You can be there for the auction or bid by phone. The primary school is located at Highway 322 in Sweetwater.
Two boxes of hand tied Walter Babb flies will be auctioned separately. One box contains “Hatch Matchers” which are dry flies and wet flies. The second box contains backcountry dry flies. The total number of flies in the boxes combined is 78.
The hand made bamboo fly rod that will also be auctioned, was made by Walter and is a 7’ 3”, 3-piece for a 4 weight fly line. It is a single tip rod. The rod is flamed which produces a darker color. The reel seat is made from Vermont Firewood with down locking cap and ring. A metal rod tube and sock are included. To bid by the phone, contact Phil Roy at 423-337-1212 to set up the process.
WALTER BABB MADE BAMBOO FLY RODS FOR SALE DIRECTLY FROM WALTER – CLICK HERE
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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