Monthly Archives: June 2010
Dust off your wading boots and pack your waders, low water is here. The SWPA Generation schedules, released at 4.30pm each day show a bunch of low water tomorrow for the White and Norfork, just ahead of the July 4 long weekend. It should be fun
Smallie Heaven
Ben Levin with a tremendous Crooked Creek Smallmouth Holy head-shakin’ smallies Batman. Lookit what landed in the Journal’s inbox this morning from guide Ben Levin. A whole mess of big smallmouth pictures from he and Chad ducking out to Crooked Creek last week while the rest of us were working. I knew it was a pretty [...]
Sulphurs on Fire _ Fly Fishing Report June 24
AS if the Caddis hatch this year wasn’t hot enough the sulphur hatch is proving to be a landmark as well. Remarkably even on 13,000 cfs and higher there are goodly numbers of trout keying in on both the emergers and the duns floating on top. The sulphurs have been seriously thick during the heat of [...]
White River Walleye Surprise
FELLOW streamer addict Dennis Gammon sent in this picture of a heck of a walleye caught streamer fishing a couple of weeks back, upstream of White Hole. The walleye was caught on a black and purple articulated streamer and measured in at 23″. Nice fish!
FLY FISHING REPORT – JUNE 17
THE HIGH flows on the White and Norfork are making some serious dents in the flood pool, by Monday Bull Shoals should be under 660 again and back in the home stretch. Corp predictions still estimate emptying flood pool on both lakes by June 2, though with Beaver’s smaller flood pool to be emptied too [...]
Fly Tying Video Hada’s Creek Crawler Video
Last month we featured Alan McClure fishing with Duane Hada this week, we feature Duane tying his killer Creek Crawler crawdad pattern. It isn’t exactly step by step but its a good guide to making these great flies
Serious Smallmouth
Clint Wilkinson with a nice smallie What do our guides do on their downtime, well apart from Kevin and Clint’s golfing, and Marco’s market garden project, its pretty much go fishing. Clint Wilkinson has been spending a goodly amount of time with the family on Crooked Creek catching a bunch of nice smallies.
BoogleBugs _ The Best Popper Going
This fat male longear wanted the BoogleBug Popper in Solar Flare _ Steve Dally pic THERE are two reasons we love the BoogleBug poppers for bass and panfish outings. One they last and last, even under the voracious and constant action. The second is fish love them. The point was hammered home this week during [...]
Great Cotter Trout Festival this weekend
Press Release COTTER FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WORLD CLASS TROUT FISHING Fun for Kids of All Ages COTTER. If your favorite childhood memories include fishing, the 9th Annual Great Cotter Trout Festival is the place to be June 18 – 19 in Cotter, Ark., Trout Capital USA. Festivities begin at noon Friday in Cotter’s Big Spring Park [...]
