THE Mountain River Journal Journal is the weekly fly fishing e-magazine of the Mountain River Fly Shop in Cotter, Arkansas. Its not your everyday fly shop fishing report. We run articles, videos, tip, product reviews and releases, music, humor. It really is the Chronicle of the Fly Shop, customers and staff.
We had been looking at a way of archiving the Journal, and to broaden the audience, email is great but we wanted to find out if the blog is even better.
The Mountain River Fly Shop is located just a few double hauls from the beautiful White River in Cotter, “Trout Capital USA”. We are centrally located on Highway 62, a mile east of the White River Bridge, and 10 minutes from Rim Shoals, the most popular fly fishing location on the river. We are 25 minutes from the Norfork Tailwater, and its a similar run to the Bull Shoals Dam and the Upper River.
Our speciality is knowledge; what flies to use, what to cast them with, where to fish them, how to fish them, even what to wear while you are fishing. Our fly selection is extensive, more than 2000 individual flies to choose from, including the best from Umpqua, Rainys and Pacific Fly. We also have an extensive and expanding Custom Fly program of the best local patterns, developed and tied for the White River System. These flies come from the creative minds of local talents like Davy Wotton, David Knowles, Jim Mengle, Marc Poulos, John Wilson, Chad Johnson, Ron McQuay, Steve Dally and others.
If its equipment you are after we carry some of the finest names in the business. Our rods come from Sage, Scott, TFO and Echo. We carry Ross, Waterworks-Lamson, Sage, Tibor and TFO reels, and flylines from Rio and Scientific Anglers. Our waders are Simms, as you would expect, and our apparel comes from Simms, Cloudveil, and Sage. You can walk into our store or shop on our Webstore.
Book one of our licenced guides, or get introduced to fly fishing through our Start Fly Fishing In A Day packages.
