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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. The current temperature is not available at this time. The personal weather stations in our area stopped reporting at 3:39 am.
We have had at least .17 inches of rain overnight.
Showers are likely today, mainly before noon. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch are possible. The high temperature today will be in the mid-60’s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low in the mid-40’s. We have a 60% chance for showers tomorrow with a high temperature around 60 degrees. Showers are also likely Sunday with a high in the upper 50’s.
Little River is flowing at 279 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.20 feet on the flow gauge. Median flow for this date is 349 cfs. The water temperature is 55.2 degrees this morning. The river is rising.
Little Pigeon River is flowing at 606 cfs, 2.21 feet, compared to median flow of 654 cfs. The river is not rising at this time.
Oconaluftee River is flowing at 287 cfs, 2.22 feet, which compares to median flow of 349 cfs. The water temperature is 55.2 degrees at the Birdtown gauge. The river is rising.
Tellico River is flowing at 370 cfs, 1.89 feet, compared to median flow of 364 cfs. The river is slowly rising.
Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 184 cfs, 2.89 feet, compared to median flow of 153 cfs. The river is rising. The water temperature is 51.1 degrees. The river is rising.
The West Prong of Little Pigeon River at Gatlinburg is flowing at 83.2 cfs, 3.30 feet, compared to median flow of 51 cfs. The river is rising.
All streams that have USGS gauges are flowing near normal but some are rising. You might want to wait before going fishing and check the flows first from the links below. Some stream could be temporarily stained this morning. The rain should end before noon. Hopefully they will be clear and flowing at a level that is safe to wade. There is no mention of heavy rain in the forecast today.
Nymphs seem to be working best though there are hatches occurring. I would plan on using nymphs but be prepared with a selection of different sizes of Parachute Adams and Elk Hair Caddis. Dry fly fishing may be good, now that the water temperatures have warmed. Some anglers have been catching trout on dry flies this week.
Fishing for smallmouth bass is fair in the lowland rivers. Use nymphs and streamers.
TVA and the Corps are generating and sluicing at most dams today, but there are reductions in discharge at some. Most lake levels are lower than they were last year. With no significant rainfall predicted in the near future, we may be fishing on the tailwaters much earlier this year. I hope so.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
March 13, 2020
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