Monthly Archives: April 2010
Bluegill Appreciation Society
LOCAL smallmouth guru Duane Hada and the Journal were sitting around the fly tying table yakking about various things fly fishing when we started on warmwater. In the Ozarks smallmouth get a lot of attention, with good reason, but somewhere along this meandering conversation I mused aloud that most days I’d be just as happy with [...]
AGFC New Fishing Regulations TV and Meetings
Just a reminder about the AGFC TV broadcast on Tuesday and meetings around the State on Thursday over the 2011 fishing regulations LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas anglers will have two venues where they’ll get an opportunity to gather information and ask questions on proposed fishing regulations for 2011. Beginning on May 4, the Arkansas Game [...]
Register Now for Friends of The River’s Float – Press Release
Registration open until May 6: A FUN day on the White, followed by a fine meal A Great Time With Friends of the River We have to finalize our registration by May 6 for the Sunday, May 16th Friends of the River-Float/Social/Dinner. We have gotten good response already for registration, and just want to let [...]
North Face Denali In Stock
Women’s Denali in 3 colors; Mens in 3 colors HAVING trouble finding men’s or women’s North Face Denali Jackets _ well we have them. The iconic Denali is one of The North Face’s most popular pieces and we have stocks in 6 colors. Warm and comfy with recycled Polartec® 300 series fleece that’s derived from [...]
FFF Southern Council Conclave Sept 30 to Oct 2
Don’t miss the 2010 Conclave in Mountain Home from September 20 to October 2. Conclave chair Terry Beeson keeps saying “this ain’t your Daddy’s conclave”. Lots of familiar components, the venders like us, the host of great tyers, but some new components too like the Grey Ghost Video Awards and much more. Headlining the 2010 Conclave [...]
FISHING REPORT 22-April
THINGS are heating up on the White and Norfork Tailwaters, with the White now just 3′ from power pool and daily wading becoming available on Norfork. Our guide team is becoming extremely busy particularly around weekends. Barring heavy rainfall the late spring/summer fishing prospects are better than we have had for several years. The caddis [...]
Try Crappie on Fly With Clint
Most of you know Clint Wilkinson as a trout guide, and a big trout guide at that, his fly fishers have landed some of the biggest browns on these pages over the last 3 years. But this spring Clint has been chasing new challenges as well. Read his report If you’ve never fly fished [...]
Our Tailwaters on Twitter
Just popped up on our Twitter page was two feeds of Corp data from Bull Shoals and Norfork Dam. These two sites give lake elevation, turbine releases in cfs and generation megawatt hours, updated on an hourly basis, directly from the Corp Sites many of you are familiar with for Bull Shoals Data and Norfork [...]
Felt Sole Bans Coming
Vermont is set to become the second State to ban the use of felt-sole boots if legislature now being considered becomes law. The Vermont proposal has already passed the Lower House and if passed by the Senate will take effect in 2011. Read more here. The Alaskan Board of Fisheries which originally was going [...]
Fly Fishing For Women – “Better Than Sex or Shopping”
Statistics show some of the most phenomenal catches have been by women. Let’s face it girls, we’re naturals. Which drives men mad …. Scottish broadcaster Fiona Armstrong, (Lady MacGregor of MacGregor to accord her full title) with a wickedly funny article in the UK Telegraph on woman and fly fishing. Big thanks to Marshall at [...]
