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I went to the BS dam access this morning and had a good day. Caught around a dozen, but 5 were over 18" including a 23" and a 22". I had the best luck using a scud with a red midge behind it under an indicator. I talked to a couple of freinds and they were doing good on cracklebacks and soft hackles. Weather was great and it felt like a fall day. Here's a couple of the better ones...

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Beautiful area. Great pics also.

I went to the BS dam access this morning and had a good morning. Caught a dozen or so including this really nice rainbow. It took a plain red midge and put up quite a fight. It took about 20 minutes to get it in the net on the 6x tippet. Caught a few on a crackleback, but most on the midge.

Would have make some nice cabrito on the grill.😀

Try a sulphur colored cracklback in the surface film. Works over here on the Bull Shoals tailwater and also the Norfork the last couple of mornings.

Have fun and be careful.

I went to Ackerman access this morning and fishing was good. Glad they finally posted some sort of schedule as to when they will be releasing water. I drove over there last Thursday only to find the water was coming up just as I got there. According to this post from AGFC it looks pretty safe to plan a trip 1 or 2 days after they release. https://ozarkflyfisherjournal.wordpress.com/2023/07/20/agfc-monitoring-norfork-water-temps/ The water is a bit higher than normal minimum flow... probably a couple inches, but no problem wading. Ended the morning with a couple dozen including this 23" rainbow. Cracklebacks, eggs and midges all worked.

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I went to the BS Dam C&R access this morning and had a good time. I hooked what turned out to be a nice tiger trout. It took me down to about half of my backing and a guide was pulled over on the side rigging rods for his client. I had to go around and over his boat when chasing the fish. He got out of the boat and offered to net the fish with his bigger net and then take a couple of pictures. A little later I hooked another nice tiger on a crackleback. He was longer than the first one, but kinda skinny. Also got a decent rainbow along with about a dozen others. Glad to see the tigers doing well in the river. They fight like a brown on steroids with lots of jumps.

I went to the BS dam access this morning had a good session. Minimum flow all morning and eggs worked early and then a few sulphurs started to come up. Very few fish were rising so I put on a sulphur crackleback and that was what they wanted. Caught around 20 with a couple nice ones and lost a really big one that hit and ran most of my backing out. He finally stopped and made some head shakes and then the hook pulled out. With the calm winds and low water it was amazing to see how many fish are up there. Here's one of the better ones...

I understand they are good eating. Wonder why people throw them on the bank.

I went to the Dam C&R area this morning and had a good trip. No sulphurs hatching this morning probably due to the cloudy, cool weather. I started with a crackleback and caught 1 and then switched to a tiger tail and caught a couple more. I then switched to a small white/peach egg under an indicator and had the best results with that. Ended the morning with a dozen including these 2 nice ones....

So is it just trash? That is easy to pick up. I do it all the time.

Does MDC have a Game Thief hotline like some of the other states? If so, you should call them,

SWPA forecast for today was 1 unit until 5pm so I made a trip to the dam. When I got there it was at minimum flow and stayed that way until I left at 11. I started out with a crackleback and caught 7 on that. Then around 9 the fog burned off and some sulphurs started coming up, so I switched to a sulphur dry fly. Fishing was pretty steady on the dry fly with another 10 to the net and about that many more misses. Nice thing about the C&R areas is the quality of the trout. Here are a few pics of the better ones...

I would say the one on top and the one on the bottom are both female rainbows. The one in the middle is a male rainbow.

Phil, do you get any sulphur hatches there on Taney? It's been pretty strong this year on the Bull Shoals tailwater.

If you look at my post from 6-12, there is a picture of the fly.

The sulphur hatch seems to be past it's peak here on the White river. I saw considerably fewer sulphurs coming up this morning. With that said, the fishing is still good as there are fewer natural bugs to compete with. The hatch started at 9am and stopped around 10:30. Cracklebacks worked well before the hatch started and then a size 16 sulphur dry fly was good during the hatch. Ended the morning with a couple dozen rainbows and this pretty cutthroat, which may have been a Bonneville as it had fewer spots than the Snake river variety. Missed a bunch of takes due setting the hook too quickly. Still trying to learn how to pause when they take the fly.

Nice browns... Thought you were pushing up daises.😀😀😀😀

The fishing for me here on the White and Norfork rivers is getting better each year, but that is most likely due to getting out most days and learning the river and the hatches and getting a bit better at matching the hatches. For example, I was fishing a sulphur hatch this morning and the trout were rising, but not taking my usual sulphur colored dry fly. I netted a couple of the hatching sulphurs and they were pure yellow instead of the usual orange/yellow color. I switched to a yellow sulphur dry fly and started getting many more hookups. Bottom line... I think we all get better with experience.

The data for Norfork has also been hit or miss lately. Guess the COE is having some problems.

I got out early this morning and the sulphurs started coming up soon after I got there. I basically stayed in one spot and caught fish all morning. Ended with a couple dozen rainbows and 1 brown. Also missed a bunch due to quick hook sets. Most all of them were caught in less than a foot of water on the foam dry fly. They shut down for me at noon. I talked to a friend that fishes from his drift boat and he has been doing good in late afternoons/evenings so I guess it is a morning/late afternoon hatch going on. Here's a couple of the better ones...

Also, here is a pretty tiger trout that took the sulphur dry this morning...