Monthly Archives: August 2010
Clint and Kevin Do Florida
That’s a heck of a first permit WHAT Do you think our guide team does for a holiday break off the White. Heck yeh they go fishing! Clint Wilkinson and Kevin Brandtonies have been hitting Florida for some salty goodness. They have brought back stories, and the pictures to back them up, of tarpon, snook, bonefish, [...]
Early Bird Gets The Dry Fly Bite
Steve, Here is the one I caught on our first drift. I wish I would have gotten there earlier, I can only imagine the action you guys saw before lunch. Cheers, Clint Well mate it was pretty sensational. I probably wouldn’t have dragged myself out of bed early either, but I’d [...]
Fishing Report 8-24-10
Joel Fulmer from Memphis with a gorgeous White River brown taken on a tan hopper The weather cooled off nicely this week, the water has been low and the fishing very good. There have been plenty of grinning fly fishers coming through the shop this week. Not many would have had as wide a grin [...]
NEW SAGE GOODIES
SAGE, RIO and REDINGTON rep Mark Shelton swung by last week to let us check out some of the new goodies going to be offered up this year. Out of his truck came the new 4-piece replacement for the TXL, an exciting (if you are an XP fan) new mid-price rod, and a very cool [...]
Start of a Fly Fisher
DAVY Wotton sent me this pic of Dave Higgins from Az who scored this nice brown on his first day fly fishing ever. As it happened Tuesday Dave wandered into the shop to pick up his first fly rod, and walked out with one of the very , sweet 9′ 5wt Sage Vantage rods and [...]
Vents Opened at Bull Shoals to Combat Low DO
The AGFC announced yesterday breaker vents on all turbines on Bull Shoals would be opened to boost the oxygen level in the flows from the power station. The dissolved oxygen (DO) level in releases from Bull Shoals Dam has fallen below 6mg/l. Per the operational plan for the low DO season the Corps of Engineers [...]
Riverboat Discovery Opens Window On ’20s Tragedy
GREAT article by Frank Wallis in today’s Baxter Bulletin about how last month’s discovery of a 1920s riverboat on the White River, opened a window into the 1925 drowing of four people on the White River. Frank obviously put a lot of time and research into this piece, so grab a coffee or something cold and [...]
The River Why Trailer
ANOTHER taste of the long awaited and at times controversial film based on David James Duncan’s cult novel “the River Why _ this time the trailer. The San Francisco Chronicle ranked The River Why as the 35th best novel of the 20th Century West. We earlier reported on controversies in the making of the film, [...]
Norfork Dissolved Oxygen Update _ AGFC
As the summer progresses the dissolved oxygen (DO) level at Norfork TW continues to decline. On Wednesday of this week I received notification that the recommended maximum generation rate of Norfork Dam was being lowered from 92% capacity to 87% to increase oxygen uptake during generation. Currently the DO level in the reservoir at [...]
Wet Fly Fun Report from Davy Wotton
DAVY Wotton and his fly fishers enjoyed a productive day and a bunch of browns on the White River on Friday. Chose to give Saxon and Dan some early morning wet fly lessons with great results, a total of 16 Browns and Bows were caught, a good number hooked and lost. We fished combinations [...]
Fishing Report 8-19-10
LIKE most things in life, timing is everything. Being in the right place, at the right time, with a little dab of planning and things get easy, good days turn into great days. Flyfishing on the White River or Norfork Tailwater is a little like that at the moment. There are huge open swathes of [...]
Trout Unlimited White River Chapter Banquet_ October 9
The White River Trout Unlimited banquet will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at the Elk’s Club in Mountain Home. Visit the Chapter’s banquet page to see the list of auction donations as they develop. They will not be sold at the door, so contact Sara Thorne at troutbum@ozarkmountains.com soon. Tickets are $35 per person, $50 [...]
