FISHING REPORT – May 30

WHITE RIVER: Water flows are getting higher as the summer heat arrives and we can expect more to come.
Fishing has been very good earlier in the week on the lower flows of 4 units or less but the rapid rise to 6 or 7 units has tended to slow the bite mid to late afternoon.
The [...]

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Featured Fly Tyer _ Tony Spezio

TONY Spezio truly is a local icon, not only for his fishing, fly tying and rod building knowledge but also his laid back personality, and warm smile.
Tony is one of the good guys and we are very happy for him to be our Featured Fly Tyer this week.
 
 

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THE JOURNAL IN BROKEN ARROW

The Journal, plus his beautiful translator Bec, warming up the crowd at Bass Pro Oklahoma City, last year.
 
The Journal will be road-tripping west with a parcel of fly rods and some special hookless flies for some celebrity striped bass. After the fly rod debut in the Bass Pro tank in Oklahoma City, the outdoors giant has [...]

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Something Different

Thomas McGuane wrote that a fly rod “better have a great reason for being over nine feet or under eight.” And McGuane would be right.

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Red Gold: The Pebble Mine Debate. Bristol Bay, AK

WE have raved about feltsoul media’s upcoming work “Red Gold” about the critical battle between miners and fishermen, commercial and recreational, over the world’s largest salmon run in Bristol bay Alaska.
And we only saw a preview.
Well at the film’s international debut at the Telluride MountainFilm Festival in Colorado Red Gold won both the Audience and [...]

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Look What We Delivered Larry!

DAT’S a Big ‘ole  Bucketmouth we sent to Larry! Ain’t technology wonderful!.
Well ok, we didn’t exactly ship him the fish, and where would the fun be in that.
But if you notice hanging off the front lip of that hawg is a Whitlock Fruit Cocktail Deer Hair Bass Popper from the Mountain River Fly Shop Web Store.
Larry, [...]

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FISHING REPORT – WHITLOCK & WOTTON

Dave Whitlock and Davy Wotton test some new Whitlock streamers while hunting the monster trout of the White and Norfork.

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FISHING REPORT

White River is the place to be this Memorial Day weekend.

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FEATURED FLY TYER – RICHARD RAMSAY

  OUR Featured Fly Tyer sessions are gaining momentum as the casual gathering of fly tying knowledge we hoped they would become.
The picture above show’s the casual round table atmosphere, where no question is stupid, and no idea how radical or simple for discussion.  People are dropping in for 10 minutes, half an hours and [...]

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THE ESSENCE OF FLY FISHING

 
 
Hollie’s Big High Water Brown
FOR all the very special elements of fly fishing, the feel of a loaded rod as forward cast, the elegance of a mayfly taking to wing, dawn rising on a section of misty White River tailwater, even the satisfaction of a flybox packed with neat rows of winter-tied flies, none captures [...]

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Hada Smallmouth School

Fly fishing for Ozark smallmouth in our streams is a local treasure and we have an opportunity for y’all to learn from the best.
Join local smallmouth experts Duane Hada and Ben Levin for 1.5 days of intensive, personal professional instruction  in smallmouth tactics, equipment and fly tying for this superb fish.
The school will be held [...]

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Hada Benefit Raises More Than $27,000

OUR thanks to everyone who purchased tickets in the Marlene Hada Benefit, which raised an amazing $27,000 for this wonderful fly fishing family.
 This will go some way to defraying the out of pocket medical expenses in Marlene’s fight against cancer.
David McCray was the winner of the weekend with the Whitlocks and our good friends and [...]

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