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Looks like a fun day. Love the low water.

Phil's prediction was spot on back on Feb 2.😀

Thank God we don't have to see Taylor Swift anymore.

Sorry, but I really can't help you with that one. I live here so I don't know much about the local lodging other than there are the usual chain motels in Mountain Home. You might want to check them out on Trivago or Booking.com.

Saturdays are a bit more crowded, but not bad. I plan my visit based of which seminar(s) I want to see. Here is the list of seminars.... sowbugseminars - North Arkansas Fly Fishers

I'll be there. It is always a fun day with some of the best tiers in the US.

The C&R area below the dam opened back up for fishing last Thursday. I didn't go Thursday as I assumed there would be quite a crowd. I did make it up there Friday, Sunday and again this morning (2-7). I talked to a friend that fished on Thursday and he said it was a real zoo with lots of boats and waders. He also said the Game Wardens were out in force checking to see that everyone was playing by the rules. Apparently, a few were not and got ticketed. Seems the most common infraction up there is not using barbless hooks. The fishing was good the days I went and there was minimum flow starting mid-morning and lasting through the afternoon. Today they ran about 1 1/2 units starting around 9:00. As always, the fish you catch up there are bigger than those you catch downriver. I lost what looked to be a 23-24" brown this morning due to a pulled hook after a 5 minute fight. Best flies have been soft hackles and egg patterns. Here's a couple from this morning, nothing huge but fun size to catch ...

Great report. I really do miss the duck hunting we had in south Texas, but that is a tradeoff for the wonderful trout fishing we have up here. Always enjoy your reports and pictures. As a consolation, I have seen many lesser Canadians while fly fishing on the White River recently. Always enjoy pointing the tip of rod at them, leading them and then saying Boom, I got ya.

This what I use to clean moss, leaves, etc. out of the grate.

We are having our annual Mountain Home TU banquet and fundraiser on February 17. This is always a great time with great food, lots of cool auction items and fun times. Some of the projects our chapter has accomplished include the Bonneville cutthroat egg plantings on the Norfork and White Rivers, participation in the development of the parking lot and access at Roundhouse Shoals and the Rim Shoals walk in access path as well as numerous enhancements at the Dry Run Creek access. Here is link if you would like to attend. Facebook

We have the same issue here on the Bull Shoals tailwater. I have been wading below the dam and have seen water come up with no horn and horn blows and no water. Seems to be a pretty simple solution... when the word comes to turn on a generator, push the horn button. It's not rocket science.

That's quite a gadget you got there. Have fun with it.

I have personally witnessed 2 guys thrown out of their boats on different occasions here on the White River. One was the driver, the other was a passenger. Both times it was at minimum flow and they hit a rock going through shallow shoals. Both times the boat glanced off the rock and made a sharp turn which threw them out. One of them had lots of cuts and bleeding. The water downstream looked like a shark attack had occurred. The other one just got a good swim...that one was in January below Rim Shoals so it was a cold ride back to the ramp once his partner got control of the boat and got him back in. That one could have been really bad if he was alone. So... wear your kill switch.

One lucky but stupid guy... https://www.facebook.com/reel/288536733851555?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

I recently restored an old Shakespeare Wonder Rod 4wt fly rod that I used back in the 60's and the cork was in terrible condition. I used these shrink wrap covers and they worked great.... New X-Tube Heat Shrink Wrap Tubing 39"&64"Lengths for Rod Grips 5 Color 14 Sizes | eBay

It's not the 6 bucks... it's the cost and availability (or lack thereof) of the infrastructure needed to stream out here in the boondocks.

I'll bet this game tonight has the lowest rating in recent history for a playoff game. We live in the sticks in north Arkansas and are big Chief's fans like many others here in the Ozarks. We don't have high speed internet available and use our cellphone Hotspot for internet access. So with that said... screw NBC. Rant over.

Try those poached eggs served on top of a toasted english muffin. 😀

We used to catch lots of jacks while fishing the oil rigs off the Texas coast. They are probably the hardest fighting fish out there as they turn broadside and don't give up easily. I would always give the rod to the newbie on the boat when one was hooked. After a couple of jacks on a hot still day in Texas they were pretty much done for the day.😀

Maybe because Jesus was born that day????????????

Done

Fished the area around the dam this morning and had a good time. They must be stocking lots of rainbows as there were fish everywhere. Most of them were stockers and holding in shallow riffles less than a foot deep. Caught a bunch of rainbows and this one brown. It was fun fishing as it was mostly sight casting and watching them take the fly. Best fly was a size 16 orange egg pattern fished below redds. The seagulls appeared to be watching for eggs also.

Wow, just saw this thread. Great deal on the boat...$2,200.😁 Congrats

SWPA has been running water on the Bull Shoals tailwater every morning this week. With that said, I have been making the trip to the Norfork the last few mornings. Fishing has been good there with lots of rainbows, a few browns and a cutthroat or two. The water was a bit high earlier in the week, but today it was back to normal minimum flow. Yesterday there was a good hatch of what looked to be small tan mayflies. A size 18 tan elk hair caddis worked well during the hatch. I had the best luck this morning using egg patterns with a midge dropper. Here is a pic of a nice one from this morning...