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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 5:25 am, the temperature is 36.5 degrees.

Rainfall during the past 24 hours amounted to .72 inches in Townsend and .42 inches at the Knoxville Airport.

It will be cloudy today with a low chance for rain. The high temperature will be in the middle 40’s dropping to the upper 30’s tonight. Expect rain tomorrow, especially during the afternoon. The high temperature will be in the upper 40’s.

Little River is flowing at 1,080 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 3.41 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 305 cfs. The water temperature is 45.0 degrees this morning.

Little Pigeon River is flowing at 3,000 cfs, 4.37 feet, which compares to median flow of 662 cfs.

Oconaluftee River is flowing at 1,780 cfs, 3.32 feet, compared to median flow of 547 cfs.

Tellico River is flowing at 931 cfs, 3.02 feet, which compares to median flow of 366 cfs for this date.

Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 413 cfs, 3.50 feet, compared to median flow of 135 cfs for this date.

From the sample above, we can assume most if not all streams in the Smokies are flowing high and swift. If you go, be careful wading. This is not a good day to be fishing in the Smokies. The streams will recede somewhat today, but the flows will lessen slowly.

The lowland rivers where they exit the Smokies and downstream are flowing high.

The news is not better for wade fishing on the tailwaters. They will be generating all day at most dams in the area. There may be boat fishing options below some dams. There may be wade fishing opportunities below other dams I did not check. See if you can find a tailwater that is fishable for you from the list below. I hope you can. I hope you go.

We could all use a good dose of warm weather and better fishing conditions. The arrival of Spring will be wonderful. That may not be far off, maybe in late February and early March. Judging from the performance in our fly tying department this Winter, there are a whole lot of fresh flies out there, waiting for their day.

Today is Valentines Day. Don’t forget that. Tomorrow is Washington’s birthday or Presidents Day, a national holiday. Banks, government offices and post offices will be closed.

We will be open for you.

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

Byron Begley
February 14, 2021

Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com