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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 5:20 am, the temperature outside is 49.6 degrees.
It will be warm today with a high in the low 60’s, dropping to 50 degrees tonight. We have a 40% chance for showers today and an 80% chance tonight. Rainfall amounts from a quarter of an inch to an inch are possible by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow will be warm again, with gradual clearing after a chance for rain early. It is predicted to be windy tomorrow.
Rain and snow showers are in the forecast for Monday and Monday night. The highest elevations may receive up to four inches of snow.
Little River is flowing at 283 cubic feet per second (cfs), or 2.18 feet on the flow gauge. Median flow for this date is 238 cfs. The water temperature is 50.5 degrees and steady this morning.
Stream flows and water temperatures are good in the Smokies. Water temps will be even better today and tomorrow.
Fishing has been good. One customer told Daniel he caught about 30 trout in the Elkmont area day before yesterday. He was using a stonefly nymph, weighted heavily. Fishing should remain good, as water temperatures are trending up. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with the rain that is coming. We could see streams rise tomorrow.
Do what that customer did and use nymphs, weighted and fished deep. My choices remain, Tellico, Prince, Pheasant Tail and Hare’s Ear. You could encounter a hatch, probably blue wing olives. Be prepared for that.
If you enjoy fly fishing on the area trout tailwaters, take a look at the generation schedule at Norris Dam from the link below. You may be able to work with that one.
We are busy at the shop. November is going to end up being a very good month.
I have been updating our Fishpond website and our online store, making color changes and adding new Fishpond gear. I am hoping to finish all the Fishpond stuff by tomorrow afternoon. This always takes about two weeks, every year, working full time to get the job done. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
My morning schedule is busy every day. I write this fishing report starting at about 5:15 am and finish it by 6:30. Then, I walk a mile on the treadmill, fast. After a shower, I’m at the shop by 7:30 to work, including cleaning and mopping the bathrooms. By the time the shop opens at 9:00 am, I have usually worked about three hours.
It’s a good thing I am a morning person! It’s a good thing I enjoy work!
Get out and enjoy yourself today. This should be a good fishing day in the Smokies.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
November 30, 2019
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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A bamboo fly rod made by Walter Babb and 10 dozen flies tied by him will be auctioned off on Saturday December 14th at about 5:30 to 6:00 pm. This auction benefits the Needy Family Fund of Sweetwater Tennessee. This organization is made up of 20 area churches and raises money to buy food for families in need for Christmas. The auction will be held at the Sweetwater Primary School located at 500 Highway 322 East in Sweetwater.
You do not have to be present to bid on the rod or the flies. Call Phil Roy beforehand, at 423-337-1212 to register. You will be given several phone numbers to call in your bid during the live auction.
Below is what Walter told me about these auction items:
“The rod I made for the Needy Family Auction this year is a seven foot, 2 Piece, 4-weight Wayne Cattanach taper. Wayne is the author of Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods, one of the teaching books for me. This is a flamed single tip rod with a Hormigo Negro wooden spacer. In Spanish it is called an ant tree. Reel seat, spacer and ferrules are made by Baily Wood of Classic Sporting Enterprises. Also, the rod bag and rod tube are made by REC.
The box of flies are 10 dozen of my favorite nymphs. They include, three types of Tellico Nymphs, the Gray Squirrel nymph, George Nymph, Bead Head Peasant Tail, Atherton’s Medium Nymph, Bead Head Prince Nymph and Mr. Rapidan Emerger. This is my core group of nymphs that I use in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee National Forest and in Western North Carolina. I carry a few others for special occasions or hatches.” |
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