BREAKING NEWS!
The health of our staff and customers is our top priority during the COVID-19 outbreak. We have decided to enhance our service to you by offering curb service at the shop while also continuing to offer our mail order service with Free Shipping.
You may call us at 865-448-9459 to place a phone order from anywhere, including in your vehicle in our parking lot. Have your credit card ready. We will complete the transaction using a secure payment gateway, the same way we handle online and called in mail orders.
When your order is filled and checked out, we will deliver it to your vehicle so you can go fishing.
This new procedure went into effect at 11 am today.
Our new store hours have changed. We will be here to serve you 7 days, between 9 am and 4 pm.
We are excited about this. We get to keep the store open and enjoy working with you almost as before, though it will be a little different.
Thank you for supporting Little River Outfitters and us.
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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 5:45 am, the temperature outside is 54.0 degrees.
It will be warm today, in the low 70’s with a low tonight around 60 degrees. We have a chance for showers late this afternoon. The chance for showers linger tomorrow. Expect a high of 78 degrees.
Much more rain fell yesterday than was predicted. The Knoxville Airport reported .55 inches while in Townsend, we received .73 inches.
Little River is flowing at 671 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.94 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 383 cfs. The river is receding. The water temperature is 54.0 degrees this morning.
Little Pigeon River is flowing at 1,590 cfs, 3.35 feet, compared to median flow of 672 cfs.
Oconaluftee River is flowing at 1,090 cfs, 2.62 feet, compared to median flow of 637 cfs. The water temperature is 52.5 degrees.
Tellico River is flowing at 573 cfs, 2.35 feet, compared to median flow of 371 cfs.
Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 190 cfs, 2.91 feet, compared to median flow of 153 cfs. The water temperature is 51.6 degrees this morning.
West Prong of the Little Pigeon River is flowing at 214 cfs or 4.01 feet on the gauge.
Many streams are flowing high this morning. Others are not. Most on the Tennessee side of the Park are flowing high. If you go, be careful wading.
I would find a smaller stream or fish a big river from a safe location and use heavily weighted nymph rigs. The water temperatures are excellent right now. Trout are actively feeding.
The lowland rivers are flowing high, limiting wade fishing. Smallmouth bass fishing is fair. Use nymphs and streamers.
Most of the tailwaters I checked this morning cannot be safely waded. I did notice TVA will be cutting back their generation somewhat at Norris Dam later today. Still, I don’t see any good tailwater fishing conditions. We are all hoping for improvement soon.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
March 18, 2020
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