freestone river · trout · bass
Little River (GSMNP)
Live conditions for Little River (GSMNP): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
90cfs→ lowcaution
Inside the wade band, but 73°F is warm for trout — this is smallmouth water in this heat · -4.2% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp73.0°F
Stage1.54 ft
Engine callOFF 74°F — too warm for trout
The water
Little River (GSMNP) is a freestone river in GSMNP, fished for trout, bass — rainbow, brown, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutbassrainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutWade only
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Little River Trailhead (Elkmont)walk in
- Elkmont Campground River Accesswalk in
- Long Arm Bridgebridge
- Millsap Bottoms Pull-offwalk in
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Areawalk in
- The Sinkswalk in
- Meigs Falls Pull-offwalk in
- Townsend Wye (Little River / Middle Prong confluence)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.