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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:46 am, the temperature is 51.3 degrees.

Showers are likely today, especially late this afternoon. It will be breezy today at times. The high temperature will be in the low 60’s, falling to the mid-40’s tonight. It will be sunny and warm tomorrow with a high around 60 degrees.

Little River is flowing at 196 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.02 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 279 cfs. The water temperature is 44.2 degrees this morning.

Other rivers in the Smokies that have USGS gauge sites are flowing near normal.

Water temperatures are rising and that will continue today and tomorrow. Fishing is improving. If and when the water temperatures reach 50 degrees, fishing will be good. Nymphs may work best though there is a chance for top water dry fly action. Be prepared with blue wing olive emergers and dry flies. Fish the low elevation streams where the water is warmer.

I think this will be a pretty good weekend to be fishing in the Smokies.

Lowland river fishing is probably slow for smallmouth bass though that may change too, depending on how warm the water becomes. They like 50 degrees or warmer. If you are fishing for stocked trout in the lowland rivers, it will be fair to good this weekend.

TVA and the Corps of Engineers have reduced the generation at some dams today. You may find some wade fishing options. If you are boating, there are more. View the TVA schedules from the links below and hopefully, you will be fishing on your favorite tailwater today.

This may not be a good lake fishing day due to the predicted windy conditions. It will be overcast which is good. The surface temperatures are warming some. You will probably get wet. I would cast weighted streamers to the banks and retrieve slowly. You may catch some fish or maybe not. If you are fishing for stripers, this may be a good day for that.

We are very busy at the shop. John is also painting the rest rooms, so there is just one available for your use. I am going to the shop at daybreak, as usual, then I’m taking the rest of the day off, something I have not done in a while.

I hope you are going to be fishing today.

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

Byron Begley
December 12, 2020

Buy a Walter Babb made bamboo fly rod or his beautiful 10- dozen flies for charity.

“Due to Covid-19, there will not be a Needy Family Fund Auction this year. I made a rod and tied some flies for the Auction this Spring, so I will be selling them and the proceeds will go to the Needy Family Fund.

Th rod is an 8’ 0” 2 piece 6-weight Stan’s Blackfoot, a great taper from Stan Smartt. This is a single tip rod. The price is $850 plus sales tax.

There is also a box of 10 dozen of my favorite nymphs and wet flies. The price is $253.95 plus sales tax if you are a Tennessee resident.

If interested, call Walter Babb at 423-337-6772. I have many other rods, in case someone wants a rod for lighter lines or a shorter small stream type rod.”

Walter   

Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com