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Another nice one this morning.

I waded at the dam C&R access this morning and fishing was pretty good despite all the boat traffic. There must have been 25 jet boats drifting down and motoring back up. What a racket...next time I need to bring earplugs. Caught lots of brookies and small browns, 6 decent rainbows and this tiger trout. I had the best luck on a sulphur crackleback stripped back in the surface film as well as a green butt soft hackle.

Fishing has been good. Norfork opened up all 12 flood dates yesterday so that will not be an option. Cotter has been great for numbers, and the dam is good for less numbers, but bigger fish. I fished Cotter yesterday and caught a bunch. I went to the dam this morning and ended with 9, but some nice ones. I have been having the best luck with cracklebacks and scuds I did find a good keeper up there today. Just before I left, I tripped over what I thought was a rock, but it turned out to be a nice river anchor someone lost, so I dragged it home for a spare on the boat. Here are a couple from this morning.

We had a break in the monsoons both yesterday and today around noon. We have gotten almost 4 inches of rain in the last 2 days. The water here in Cotter looks like the Mississippi River, so I headed up to the dam for some clearer water. Fishing was pretty good with a dozen yesterday and 8 today. Best flies were cracklebacks, scuds and eggs. Here are the best ones from yesterday and today.

The April flood hit them pretty hard. Looks like reduced stocking numbers for the immediate future. Spring River hatchery drying out one month after flood • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

A nice cuttie on an olive crackleback.

SWPA has been holding back the water in the lake and that means some good wading opportunities. No telling how long the low water will last as the lake is currently 20 feet into flood pool. Fishing has been good at the Dam and Cotter this week. Cracklebacks have worked well early mornings and then sowbugs later in the morning. Even caught a few on elk hair caddis dries, although very few caddis showing. I did see a few sulphurs this morning, so hopefully that hatch will get started soon. Here is a fat male rainbow on a cracklback this morning.

I waded the Cotter walk-in access this morning and had decent fishing. Very few caddis coming up this morning, so I think the hatch is about over in this part of the river. Cracklebacks were the best fly. Ended with 25 to the net including this nice brown. Looks like SWPA is going to start releasing more water this weekend.

Fished the walk-in access at Cotter this morning. Fishing was good and the best flies were cracklbacks in olive, sulphur and brown colors. Fished with a friend and we ended up with at least 40...mostly rainbows, a few bowns and this nicely colored cuttie. The cuttie was droppig milt and this the time of year they spawn. Here are a couple of pics....

Went to the dam C&R area this morning and had a good time. Not many boats up there, I guess because it was Mother's Day. Saw fewer caddis so I think the hatch is winding down, but a few fish were still coming up. Had luck using scuds, elk hair caddis and a crackleback. Caught rainbows, browns and a brookie. Missed a slam as I didn't get a cutthroat. Here is best one today.

On sunny days they start between 9-10 am. Not many, but enough to get the trout interested.

I decided to avoid all the guide boats and associated racket from their jet boats up at the dam today and went for some quiet time at the Cotter walk in access this morning. There must be 30 guide boats up at the dam every morning doing the circle...drifting down a couple hundred yards and then blasting back up to dam. You need to wear ear plugs up there. Oh well, Cotter was good and very little traffic, and the guides down here actually idle back when they pass you wading. Fishing was good and quite a few caddis coming off. Here is the best one today.

^^^^^ We are fortunate that SWPA reduced the flows from 8 units to 1-2 units which helped the caddis hatch.

Caddis were popping pretty good today.

Nice brown. 👍

SWPA reduced the water releases from Bull Shoals Dam this morning to 5 units. I took the boat up to the lower C&R area in the State Park and had a good morning. I started with a 1/32oz brown/olive jig and caught a few nice rainbows. Then switched to a crackleback and caught a couple more. Saw a few fish coming up to caddis and put on an elkhair dry and caught a few more on that. Ended the morning with a dozen including these nice ones.

Apparently not. They also have Norfork spill gates open. Maybe some caddis will start coming up in the White Hole parking lot.

I took the boat to White Hole this morning and the water was over the ramp. I guess you would need waders to launch up there. Turned around and came home. Never seen the water this high.

SWPA is releasing lots of water to bring the lake down after the recent monsoons. I took the boat up to the state park and anchored in some semi-protected water and started trying different flies to see what works. I caught a couple on a Y2K under an indicator and then switched to a crackle back and caught 1 on that and missed a couple others. Switched to a tiger tail and caught 2 more on that and then tried a 1/32 olive/brown jig and caught 3 rainbows and a decent walleye on that. I didn't bring a cooler, so the walleye went back. Lots of boat traffic up there today. Here's a couple of the better rainbows and the walleye....

Looks great.

I fished the Cotter walk-in access yesterday and had a decent morning. The water was running at 1 unit until 11 am and then it increased to around 3 units when I left. I had the best luck early using a size 16 Y2K under an indicator and then around 9 the caddis started popping. I switched to an elk hair dry fly and did well with that. I had quite a few takes and missed a number of fish due to setting the hook too soon. Ended the morning with a couple dozen including this nice brown. He took the elk hair and it was fun watching him come up and eat it.

There are lots more pics of the damage around Mammoth Spring on this Facebook page. Spring River Arkansas Fishing | Facebook

Try this website. It shows the rainfall amounts for the last 24 hours. Enter your zip code and then click anywhere on the map. 24 Hour Rainfall Totals By Zip Code | RainDrop

Good video. Thanks

Yes, it shows the scheduled flow on the left side of the screen and current flow on the right side. But as Snagged said, it doesn't show the previous flows. I use the USACE web page to see the current and previous flows, so I know what's coming further downstream. Bull Shoals Lake