Monthly Archives: September 2011
Monster CONCLAVE Sale
YOU are going to love our Monster Conclave Fly Tying Sale, with stacks of fly tying materials, hooks, leaders bead and assorted other goodies marked to clear. The FFF Southern Council Conclave starts in Mountain Home on Thursday and we have been working hard to put together a bunch of awesome deals for our [...]
Motiv _ Geofish Trailer
We had a chance to catch up with some of the Motiv Fishing crew in New Orleans, Thad and JJ, in particular, who were pretty excited about coming back to Arkansas for the Fly Fishing Film tour and spending some time on the White River. The Film tour is planning a stop in Fayetteville early [...]
FISHING REPORT 9-27-11
ITS FINALLY here, lower flows and some wadeable water is back on the White River agenda. So far we haven’t settled into any rhythm or pattern but there has been some wadeable morning windows on Norfork since Saturday. This morning the White River fell back to some 3000 cfs generation, and I even spotted [...]
Arkansas Hog Trout _ FFM new issue
NICE read on White River fishing, and Razorback football, two Fall Arkansas standards, in the next issue of Fly Fisherman magazine due out October 4. Former NorthWest Arkansas writer, photographer and author Zach Mathews might now live in Georgia but he’s back on the White every fall. The article is accompanied by one of my [...]
Hopper Fest Continues
OUR mate Justin Urich rocked into town late this week after a stint guiding in Alaska alongside Ben Levin. With Levin out playing around in southern Montana, it was only right for Chad and Jim to take Justin out for some summer hopper action. They got them too. Jim also stuck his favorite Harry [...]
Tailwater Soft Hackles Go World Wide
WE are seriously stoked to see my Tailwater Soft Hackle series has been picked up by Rainy’s Flies for the 2012 season. There will be 5 colors, included our favorite Green/Hot Yellow (labeled Caddis Green), a year round fly despite its new nomenclature, and it has scored some big time browns on the [...]
The Kerr’s Big Brown Day
For the Kerr family it was one heck of a great day on the White River with our guides Chad & Marc yesterday. Dawn managed a 25” brown hopper fishing with her husband Albert and Marc Poulos and Chad Johnson took the son and heir, James, streamer fishing popping a couple of 21” browns [...]
Ozark Fly Fisher does ‘Boo
WE have mentioned before my partner Jim Dugan’s bamboo affliction. The passion and commitment in owning and using bamboo rods seemed to be right up our alley, so you will now find a selection of bamboo rods both new and lovingly cared for rods alongside our Sage and TFO graphite sticks. None of these rods [...]
Fishing Report 9-22-11
IT’S BEEN a fun week on the White River for our guide team, and a bunch of happy clients. Linda, from Michigan, scored this really nice rainbow on Wednesday as part of a trip, with her husband and two other friends from Tx, with guides Kevin Brandtonies and Clint Wilkinson. Kevin managed to guide Linda [...]
Fly fishing get-together planned at Mountain Home
Fly fishing get-together planned at Mountain Home. SOMEHOW I hadn’t stumbled over this previously, but the AGFC has a WordPress.com Blog as well. Plus its a good way to give a plug for the fast approach FFF Southern Council Conclave in Mountain Home in early October. Add the blog and make sure you are in [...]
95th Birthday Browns with Davy
DAVY Wotton sent us these images last night from an exceptional day on the White River. Neal Ruff, celebrated his 95th birthday with his son with a White river fishing trip. Neal having many years of fly fishing experience was no slouch when it came to nailing fish. Rainbows and trophy Browns came [...]
