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They all rent boats and you don't have to stay there. Call them and check the rates. I'm outta here on this post......

His Place, Hurst, Stetson's, Newlands, Rainbow, Wildcat resort, Gastons, Sportsman's and many more from Norfork confluence on down to Mountain View. May not be a Shawnee, but probably a Supreme.

Cool. Always good to see pics of the results. Was that on the Norfork or the White?

Yes just run back to the west side of the fence row (which is pretty much gone now) and look out for a couple of big rocks that are visible just under the water. After that smooth sailing all the way to Crooked creek confluence.

No problem running the west side of the island below Rim Shoals in a jet. Just hug the east side going thru the chute before it opens back up.

Norfork finally went to minimum flow this morning so I made a trip to Ackerman access and had a good morning. Caught these 2 nice browns along with lots of good size rainbows and 1 decent cutthroat. I was using a Y2K/ruby midge combo. The bigger brown took the Y2K and the smaller one the midge. Air temp was 52 when I left the house so it's starting to feel like fall. Hopefully Bull Shoals will reduce flows soon. Interesting that the brown in the first pic was a female and she was dropping eggs when I removed the fly. Thought it was a little early for that. This post has been promoted to an article

Simple solution...If minimum flow, then take the boat to a nice shallow shoal and then get out the fly rod and wade. BTW looks like Norfork is going to minimum flow tomorrow.

The last planting was in June of this year. We planted at Rim Shoals on the White and then just downstream of McClelland's on the Norfork. They don't plant brown trout eggs because they are somewhat successful at natural spawning in the river, hence the closure of the C&R section below the dam during the winter spawning period. I haven't heard if there will be another planting next year. BTW, I did catch a small Bonneville on Monday below Roundhouse Shoals. Probably from last year's plant.

Must have been fun to configure it yourself. Sounds like a great rig. I have a friend that just bought a used Legend with a Tohatsu jet and that thing flies. Congrats

Here is a link to the AGFC video of the Trout Unlimited egg planting on the Norfork.

Thanks for the follow up Phil. That explains the slow fishing yesterday morning. Guess I need to sleep in next time.

I just got back from the dam. I didn't see any shad at all. There were 6 or 7 guide boats drifting the area and I didn't see them catch much. Looked like most of them were drifting double fly rigs under an indicator. I tried a white megaworm and nothing on that. Finally caught some on the egg/pheasant tail combo under an indicator. Maybe the shad kill is later in the day or just didn't happen today.

Well I am not a shad kill expert but may be a good time to try it out. Only way to learn is to go try it. Guess the best thing may be a white mega worm??? I know Jeremy swears by them. We will see.

Oh my... I guess I better make a trip up there tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up Phil.

I took the boat to Rim Shoals this morning and ran to an area that is somewhat protected from the heavy flows we are having (14k cfs). Got out of the boat and I could see 4 or 5 trout holding in a run just below a couple of big rocks. First cast I hooked a nice rainbow on a Y2K but it broke off on the 7x tippet. I retied and caught another 5 rainbows and 1 cutthroat in the same run. Once that spot slowed down I moved downstream and picked up another dozen rainbows on the Y2K/pheasant tail dropper combo. When it was time to quit I walked back to the boat and made a cast in the run where I lost the rainbow earlier. The indicator went down and I had another nice rainbow on. I finally got her in and when I went to remove the hook I saw my Y2K that I lost earlier stuck in her jaw along with the Y2K on my rig. Guess she really liked Y2k's. Here's a couple of pics... This post has been promoted to an article

Well it is "fishing" and some fish are gonna die. Tell the Facebook idiots it's not like "hunting" where everything dies. 😁 That may make them happier.

I would do exactly what Bill and your folks at Lilley's did. Catch it, try your best to keep it alive during the certification process and then release it. Based on the accounts of the catch and the relatively short struggle it put up that fish was probably at the end of it's life cycle anyway. Since it was apparently a triploid it's genetics weren't removed from the "gene pool" . Once again... congrats to Bill and all your efforts at Lilley's.

Water has been fishable in the mornings and then big flows start at the dam around 7-8am with the current heat wave. That means water comes up around noon here in Cotter. I found a few protected areas to wade fish on the higher flows with flies and fishing has been good. Caught a few on hoppers against the bank and a few on a small parachute Adams but best combo has been a size 16 Y2k on a jig head with a ruby midge trailer. I did see a really nice brown this morning but he was more interested in the little rainbow I hooked. Didn't see him after that. Here is a pretty rainbow on the midge (probably would have been a good snack for Babler's huge brown.. congrats to Bill on that one 😁)

Holy smokes Batman! That is one big brown.

Sounds like a great time!

I find it strange that they say it is free and then tell you where can purchase the tickets???

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