Fishing near Townsend, TN

Townsend sits in Blount County at the western entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the Little River runs directly through town before threading deep into the Smokies. The area is one of East Tennessee's premier fly fishing destinations, with over 700 miles of wild, free-flowing mountain streams inside the park alone. Rainbow, brown, and brook trout draw anglers to the Little River and its tributaries, while smallmouth bass thrive in the lower-elevation stretches outside park boundaries.