The White River continues to fish well on high water, though the hot spots shift from week to week, while the early morning wading windows on Norfork appear to have ended.
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Catch a rise for good results on the White and tie up some Midges for low water wading on Norfork.
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Keeping an eye on the weather is part of looking after our customers and this year there has been plenty to do. We often get queries for the radar site we use, so we are going to share with the whole family. Weather Underground.com’s radar network offers countrywide service, the ability to highlight storms, animate [...]
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A winter bow
Can you believe half the year has gone already? According to Chinese calendar 2008 is the Year of the Rat. Well here on the White River basin we are referring to 2008 as the Year of the Drowned Rat.
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Bull Shoals Rainbow
WHITE River trout are in exceptional conditions, and windows of low water on Norfork.
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Last weekend there was a taste of how good the fishing will be when low water returns. We can moan all we like about the rain bearing weather this year, but high water is good for the fish.
Jim and Marlene Mengle were among those who hit Bull Shoals Sunday morning early, here is Jim’s report.
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HERE is your chance to help out the local Trout Unlimited chapter, Arkansas’ White River and perhaps win yourself a brand new Scott S4 9’ 5wt.
The chapter is holding monthly meetings in Mountain Home, signing up new members interested in conserving our world class freshwater fisheries, and hosting some great speakers. Do your bit to [...]
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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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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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This video, very applicable, to our current high water situation popped up on Midcurrent.com today.
The video features one of fly fishing’s greats, the late Gary LaFontaine. Interesting LaFontaine fished the White regularly and his book Caddisflies referenced White River caddis.
THIS VIDEO SEGMENT on Deep Water Nymphing is from “Successful Fly Fishing Strategies” (Miracle Productions, DVD, [...]
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