Warm weather has arrived in the Smoky Mountains and there isn’t any cold weather in the extended forecast. We’ve experienced the usual roller coaster of conditions that are so common in late winter and early spring; a few days of unseasonable warmth followed by a return to winter. Then some rain and high water with […]
Fall Fly Fishing in the Smokies Continues as the Season Winds Down
The bulk of fall color in the Smokies has passed, but there are still some good days on the water left in the year. We had a stunning autumn season with colors popping up high in early October and quickly filtering into the lower elevations as the weeks and days passed. We’ve had great water […]
Cool Fall Weather with Peak Colors in the Smokies
There’s no doubt about it anymore, fall is in full swing. Foliage is at peak color in many locations and the highest ridge lines have already shed most of their leaves in the Smokies. We will likely see our first frost here around Townsend this week as well. Fall is one of our favorite seasons […]
Fall Fly Fishing in the Smokies Upon Us!
We’ve returned from Yellowstone and it’s late September in the Smokies. There’s a bit of fall in the air, but the weather is currently more “late summer” than fall. However, the equinox is upon us and the nights are so much longer than they were in June. The mornings are very cool too, usually in […]
Spring Arrives in the Smoky Mountains
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. The first good hatches of the year have started and seemed […]
Excellent Water Conditions Are Continuing Into the Heart of Summer
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 […]
Summer Wet Wading Season Has Arrived in the Smokies
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 […]
Looking Forward to the New Year
We’ve just emerged from what will likely be the coldest weather of the season and landed in some remarkably mild conditions. Rivers and streams in the Smokies were frozen over for the better part of a week during Christmas. Fortunately our weather has warmed up quite a bit and we’ve been able to get out […]
Fall is Around the Corner
To be clear, there’s not much difference between the weather we’ve experienced this week and numerous days last summer. Overnight lows here in Townsend have been in the 60’s and afternoon highs in the 80’s. However, there have been no high 80’s nor any sign of 90’s in the forecast and we’ve even seen a […]
Typical May Weather Producing Some Great Fishing
We’re at the point in the season where we’ve already seen a few hatches come and go, but we’re in the peak of insect emergences on our streams. We’ve had to cancel or postpone a few trips due to some stormy weather or high and muddy water, but that’s a fact of spring fishing in […]
