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Just do it yourself. It's pretty easy. Here is a video.

Here's our latest forecast...

Forecast shows 20" here in Cotter. We sure need the moisture, but not all at once.

Be sure to try Feijoada, the national dish of Brazil, while you are down there. It is a pork stew with black beans, sausage, bacon, onions and served over rice. It was the traditional Sunday meal at many local restaurants when I worked in Rio.

Most of mine are 5 or 6 weights.

Made a late morning trip to 3 Chutes after the water went down today. There were quite a few boats out for mid-week, but only a couple other waders. Had a good trip with lots of rainbows and a couple browns. Scuds and eggs were the best flies. At one point there were 5 eagles chasing each other. They would chase each other and then fly to separate trees and about 15 minutes later they would chase again. Might be some sort of mating ritual. Here are the best ones today...

SWPA was predicting minimum flow today but bumped the flow up to a little less than 1 unit. That level still provides plenty of wading opportunities. I went to the Cotter access and had a good morning. Very few people out and only 1 trailer in the parking lot. Ended the morning with lots of rainbows and a couple medium size browns. Best fly today was a size 12 olive/brown woolly bugger. Here is the best rainbow of the morning...

My Grandparents lived in that area. One was on the Lackawaxen River in the town of Rowland and the other was on the Delaware River in the town of Milanville. We used to spend the summers up there fishing for trout and smallmouths in the rivers and occasionally fished at Wallenpaupack for walleyes. Also had an uncle that lived in Lake Ariel and raised chickens.

Those old fly rods are great finds. I refurbished an old 4wt, 8 foot Shakespeare Wonder rod my Dad loved to use at Bennett Spring back in the 60's. I still take it out occaisionally just for the memories.

We are having lots of minimum flow water that makes for some great wading opportunities. I went to the Narrows this morning and had a good trip. Lots of rainbows and 1 brown. Best fly today was a size 14 slush egg. While walking up the bank I spooked a nice fish and made a mental note of where it was holding. About an hour later on my way back to the truck I fished that area and got lucky and hooked what turned out to be this nice male rainbow.

About 4 miles upstream from Wildcat access on Denton Ferry road.

SWPA has been running water in the mornings this week, so I made a trip to Three Chutes this afternoon after the water went down. Fishing was good with lots of rainbows, 2 browns and 1 cuttie. Best flies were a size 14 scud and a size 16 egg pattern under an indicator. Here is the best one today on the scud.

I have been fishing up here on the White River since 2017 and have never caught a crappie. WTG. 👍

Rim has been good, as well as Cotter and Roundhouse, which are easier to wade.

I'll not be fishing this weekend as my daughter and her family are coming for a visit and the local Christmas celebrations. Hope you all catch some big ones and look forward to the pictures.