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Made a trip to Ackerman access on the Norfork this morning since the White river is still too high for wade fishing (at least for us old guys). It was pretty slow early and then about mid morning things picked up. Caught 4 nice cutthroats, 1 brown and a handful of rainbows. Was fishing a Y2k with a ruby midge dropper and all the cutts took the Y2k and the rainbows the midge. Saw a good midge hatch and a few caddis coming off also. Can't wait for a good caddis hatch. Here's a pic of a couple of the better cuts.... This post has been promoted to an article

They are running lots of water right now... all 8 units and 24k cfs 24/7 the last few days. The guides are saying good streamer fishing for browns, but I wouldn't trust my boat handling skills in that much water.

Good lookin fish.

Made a trip to Ackerman access early this morning hoping to beat the predicted wind. I had planned to fish the area downstream from the access but that plan quickly changed as the water was too high from backflow of the White river, which has been running water bigtime 24/7 for last few days. I had to walk up above the first island to get away from the high water. Fishing was pretty good with 4 cutthroats, 2 browns and about a dozen rainbows. Fished an egg pattern with a ruby midge dropper. Wind really started to crank around 10:00 so I called it a day shortly thereafter. Here's a pic of a pretty cutthroat... This post has been promoted to an article

We can thank C&R for that.

Very nice fish. Jeremy certainly knows that river!

I just use 6 feet of 8lb mono for the leader and then 6x fluorocarbon for the tippet. Reason being is that you easily slide your strike indicator up and down the non tapered leader. I use this rig to make the indicator easier to slide without kinking the leader... https://www.deneki.com/2014/08/adjustable-indicator-rigs/

Great looking boat. Love the color scheme.

Wow, some really nice trout! I'd love to have a day like that. Good going guys. wo

Here are the new regulations for the White and Norfork effective Jan 1, 2018.. https://ozarkflyfisherjournal.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/new-agfc-regs/ As far as boating the Norfork on minimum flow, I would suggest not going past Long Hole even with a jet. Also the amount of rain has little effect on the Norfork since it is only 5 miles long and only a couple of small creeks flow into it. A kayak is probably the best option to float the entire river.

Thanks BH, I found this link on details for tying the T&A. I'll give it a try. http://www.flysandguides.com/how-to-tie-kelly-galloups-ta-rainbow

Yeah, I tried to get some pictures with my cellphone, but too much reflection.

Thanks for suggestions guys. Next time I'll try this streamer my friend Mark Crawford gave me a couple years ago. He said it imitates a small rainbow really well. It was interesting that it all happened within 10-15 feet of me and in thigh deep water.

This was a first for me. I waded an area near the Cotter bridge Sunday morning where I have been seeing a big brown trout the last couple of trips. The water was down and very clear. Sure enough he was there but once again wouldn't look at anything I threw. I tried an egg pattern, sculpin imitation, big streamer, marabou jig, midge and then a woolly bugger. He followed the sculpin once and then lost interest. I finally gave up on him and went back to an egg/midge combo and started to catch a few rainbows. I hooked a 12" rainbow on the midge and then a couple smaller rainbows started following the one I had hooked apparently interested in the egg. Then I see the brown swoop up and grab one of the rainbows (probably around 10") and had him sideways in his mouth. I watched him settle back to the bottom and he held that rainbow sideways for about 5 minutes then turned it around and swallowed it. He stayed in the same spot all that time. Guess I need to find a rainbow trout colored jerkbait.

Very nice trout. Congrats

The water is basically clear and has a greenish tint to it in the deeper runs. I could see the bottom in waist deep water.

Caught this pretty 19" Bonneville this morning at the Ackerman access. Great to see them growing up. For those that might not know, Trout Unlimited planted Bonneville eggs in the Norfork and White rivers in an attempt to create a pure wild strain of these fish. They chose the Bonneville strain so it would be easier to identify and monitor their growth. The Bonnevilles have larger spots than the Snake River cutthroats that are stocked. Here's a link with more details.... http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2017/jun/21/bonneville-cutthroat-egg-planting-norfork-landmark/

Your choice of streamers will depend on the amount of water running. Use large articulated streamers on big water and smaller ones on low water. Here's a link to Dally's streamer selection that might help. Most are pretty hard to tie (at least for me) so you may want to stop in and buy a few and talk to the guys about how to fish them. https://theozarkflyfisher.com/shop/cat/1/22/big-streamers https://theozarkflyfisher.com/shop/cat/1/66/buggers-small-streamers

Wow, it's a small world! Let me know when you get to feeling better.

Yes we are at 1374 MC 7031. We bought the house last July.

We sold our house on North Padre Island (Corpus Christi) and then sold the little house in Cherokee Village and bought a new one in Flippin on the bluff overlooking Roundhouse shoals. So we are full time in Arkansas now and really enjoying the area.

Sounds like a great day. I was wading at Ackerman yesterday and had a good day also. I left at noon so I am sure I missed you. Give me a holler if want some company sometime. I've got a kayak and a pickup so it would make the shuttle pretty easy. Also retired so no job to get in the way.

Pretty brown from Cotter on the White river....

Excellent job. Makes me want to make a trip up there.