Posted in journal, tagged art, christmas gift, collectable, Duane Hada, fly boxes on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DUANE Hada wandered in this morning with what should be one of this seasons hottest Christmas gifts, a limited edition run of wooden flyboxes laser-etched with his art.
The maple and cherry boxes will feature 5 unique Duane Hada drawings:
Rainbow Release (pictured above)
Trophy Brown Trout
Brookie
White River Grand Slam
White River Fly Fisher
Each box can be laser etched [...]
Posted in journal, tagged "White River", fishign report, fly fishing, Norfork on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STOP PRESS: Bull Shoals powerhouse shut down 10am. Norfork also Shut down.
WE have been getting good reports from the daily wadeable water on Norfork, while the White has been fishing very well either wading or boat fishing on lower flows. Both rivers should clean up fairly quickly once the rainfall eases later this morning with the [...]
Posted in journal, tagged april vokey, class, fly casting, fly fishing, fun women on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THERE are still a few spots left in the November 7 April Vokey womens intro to fly fishing class, if you want to learn to fly fish the fun way.
The first class with BC guide, instructor and tier April on October 11 was a huge hit, most of the class were keen to do it [...]
Posted in "White River", Fishing Reports, environment, fly fishing, trophy trout, tagged "White River", Davy Wotton, fly fishing, swimming squirrels on October 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
WHEN this picture showed up in the Journal’s inbox alone, sans the accompanying text and photos of Davy Wotton and clients performing a rescue, my first thought was cool photo, then who launched the squirrel?
The yarn from Davy below explains the rescue then the squirrel’s death defying leap. And this isn’t the first report we [...]
Posted in journal, tagged fly shop dog, labrador, madison on October 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
MEET the newest Mountain River Fly Shop staffer, our head of public relations and security, Madison.
Madison, a black lab cross joined the Journal’s family earlier this week, after turning up on a friend’s property, tick and flea ridden, but as happy and gentle as a lamb. She has taken to running the shop like any [...]
Posted in "White River", brown trout, fly fishing, guide service, tagged "White River", cutthroat, dugan, guided fly fishing, Marc Poulos, Rainbow on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
WE received this warm email from Jim Dugan this morning after a trip onto the White with guide Marc Poulos. Jim and Brenda are regulars on the White and around the shop, we will give you a tip Brenda makes a mean brownie as well as catches all the fish. Not that Jim is any [...]
Posted in Norfork, brown trout, fly fishing, journal, tagged fly fishing, Norfork, trophy brown trout on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We received this email from Illinois customer John Baker who dropped in for waders last week, describing his encounter with a trophy brown trout on the Norfork.
Here is a story from our fishing trip on the Norfork yesterday. (I came in and bought some Simms waders from you on Wednesday and they worked great!)
Now…the story [...]
Posted in fly fishing, journal, saltwater, tagged fly fishing, redfish, louisiana, chad on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
IF there’s one thing guaranteed to get my colleague Chad “mini-guide” Johnson excited, other than big brown trout on streamers, its hitting the Louisiana Marshes for reds in fall and winter. This year was a mayhem of last minute rescheduling on the basis of some ugly long range weather forecasts.
Along on the trip was a [...]
Posted in journal, tagged "Steve Dally", arkansas fly fishers, fly fishing, Tasmania on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Journal will speak to the Arkansas Fly Fishers’ meeting Monday night (October 19) on his home waters in Tasmania. Come along, meet the members of this very proactive club and learn about the last great “undiscovered” wild brown trout fishery in the world.
For a hint on what to expect watch [...]
Posted in journal on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we mentioned a couple of weeks back fall is here, now the trees are starting to color along the White River and, a sure sign of the season, brown trout are leaping the falls at Dry Run Creek.
Bill Cooksley, and his son Bill sent us these pics from Dry Run Creek last weekend. Overcast [...]
Posted in journal on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You are on your way to being strong independent fly fishing women _ April Vokey, October 10
WHAT a weekend. The April Vokey fly casting classes were a huge hit and has us looking forward to round 2 of the Women’s Intro to Fly Fishing Class on November 7.
The Journal was privileged to be able to hang [...]
