Spring Arrives in the Smoky Mountains
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by Ian
1w ago
Spring arrives today, and with it has come a hard freeze in the Smokies. That’s pretty typical this time of year. Sunny and 70 degrees one day, windy with rain the next, freezing the day after that…. All part of a Smoky Mountain spring. We’re seeing the first real hatches of spring, sporadic as they are The first good hatches of the year have started and seemed to take their sweet time arriving this year. The earliest hatches are always a bit unreliable. Relatively heavy one day and sparse the next. Sometimes the trout are really on them with only a few on the water while somewhat ignorant o ..read more
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Conditions for winter fishing become negotiable
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by Ian
1M ago
January was a cruel month for those of us who enjoy spending time outdoors and on the streams of the Great Smoky Mountains. While we didn’t see record cold or unprecedented snowfall, we did experience a lengthy cold snap coupled with roads closed for icy conditions. And that was AFTER an extremely rare high water event! Icy conditions at Tremont this January January is always the toughest month of the year, but we can usually expect some improvements in February. That’s not to say spring fishing is here, but there should be some negotiable periods with good flows and and water temperatures ..read more
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The Fall Fishing Season Comes to a Close
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by Ian
4M ago
A beautiful autumn day in the Smokies even if streams were low. It was a busy November here in the Smokies with a roller coaster ride of temperatures. We had several mornings of hard frost with lows waaay down in the 20’s, but the weather was quite pleasant overall. There were even a couple of days with record high temperatures near 80 in the afternoon. The big story was record dry conditions. September and October were the two driest consecutive months on record here with just a tick over 1″ of rainfall. Considering some of the droughts we’ve seen in the past that is pretty impressive. Stre ..read more
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Autumn In The Smokies Is In Full Swing
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by Ian
5M ago
The Smoky Mountains managed to miss out on the extreme heat experienced by so much of the nation this summer, but fall has certainly arrived. This past week the tops of the Smokies received the first frost of the season and we’ve even had one wake up temperature of 39 on our porch in Townsend. Water temperatures have fallen way down into the 50’s and the foliage is definitely changing colors A really nice wild rainbow trout caught on a small beadhead nymph fished under a dry fly. We were wet wading up until last week, but pulled the waders out this week. Next week we’ll see some daytime high ..read more
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September Wraps Up Summer Fishing Before Fall Arrives
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by Ian
7M ago
We’re on the backside of summer, at least as far as vacation schedules go. We’re still experiencing summer weather but that will all change soon. A few buckeyes and acorns have started dropping, but those aren’t the only signs of autumn. Bull elk on the North Carolina side of the Smokies have moved down from the high ridges down into the valleys with the cows. Bugling will be heard regularly wherever they’re found. Smoky Mountain Bull Elk recently seen on the Carolina side of the park Wet wading is still the way to go, but we’re usually looking at waders by the second week of October if not ..read more
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Good Conditions Continue to Hold Up in the Smokies
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by Ian
8M ago
Here we are in August and the good water conditions continue to hold up. August is generally the low point of the fishing season between spring and autumn. The best fishing in the Smokies is way up high during the hottest weeks of the summer. That’s the case this year, but good flows and relatively mild temperatures have kept the range of viable options better than they sometimes are in August. View of the Smokies from the Foothills Parkway after a rainy afternoon There have been several major rain events in the Smokies and the forecast seems to indicate more are on the way. Pop up afternoon ..read more
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Excellent Water Conditions Are Continuing Into the Heart of Summer
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by Ian
9M ago
We’re well into the month of July and water levels and temperatures have remained excellent in the Smokies. We haven’t seen the usual pattern of afternoon thunderstorms that pop up randomly over the mountains between 3:00 and 7:00. That has happened on some days but we’ve seen more organized rain systems drop precipitation over the region. Excellent water conditions are persisting well into the summer this year Weather has remained relatively mild in the Smokies while most of the South has been in the grip of a heat wave this summer. Morning temperatures in Townsend have been anywhere from 6 ..read more
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Summer Wet Wading Season Has Arrived in the Smokies
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by Ian
10M ago
We still haven’t seen what we’d call “hot” weather, but wet wading season has arrived. Overnight temperatures aren’t as cold and afternoons are pretty warm. Couple that with reduced stream flows where you don’t wade very deep and there’s not much reason to wear a full set of waders. This allows anglers to hike in further without the need to carry waders or wear them in warm weather. There is little need for wading deep when fly fishing in the Smokies This is also the time of year when dry fly fishing dominates here in the Smokies. Even when we fish a nymph it’s almost always as a dropper und ..read more
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Classic Spring Fly Fishing in the Smokies
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by Ian
1y ago
It’s been a phenomenal spring season here in the Smoky Mountains. The forest is greening up more and more everyday and the slopes are carpeted with wildflowers. Bears have gone from absent to relatively common. And of course, dry fly fishing has come on strong… An angler carefully works a beautiful run of water Water levels have been very good. We’ve seen very little high water this spring. Cool mornings and warm afternoons have been standard, sometimes with 35 degree temperature swings. This week we had mornings in the high 30’s and afternoons in the low 70’s. This has made for some relativ ..read more
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Spring Fishing Coming Along in Fits and Starts
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by Ian
1y ago
March has given us a real taste of winter after an exceptionally mild January and February. We started seeing some mayfly hatches last month and really expected an acceleration into March. However, we saw a resurgence of winter weather and our view has featured white capped mountains almost daily. A regular scene in the Smokies lately The fishing has been pretty good, but has steadily degraded as the temperatures have fallen. We’ve had several mornings in the low 20’s or high teens and afternoon highs in the low 40’s. This has put a real chill on the fishing although afternoons have been wor ..read more
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