Great Weekend Below Bs Dam

[catman]

Me and a buddy fished below the dam at Bull Shoals launch (at the golf course) and did great on a black Zebra midge for 2 days. I'm sore from having fun, we must have caught 100 combined Sat. and Sun. Parked the boat on the high spot below the shoals at the access and waded in the mornings and drifted from below the dam to the next shoals in the afternoon just for something different. Unbelivable fun for 2 days, no really big ones but a lot of fish fun (Cuts and Bows and Browns). I thought we had better do it before they really start to blow water, and they are soon...they where running 1 maybe 2 gens, perfect for fishing. Do it while you can.

Be safe...

[Jeremy Hunt]

Catman,

I must agree with you. We floated from Wildcat to Cotter yesterday and had a insane day of fishing. Two major hatches coming off which made dry fly fishing explosive in certain areas. I bet we caught over fifty fish on dries along with that many more fishing on the bottom with nymphs, egg patterns, y2k, zebra midges and sowbugs. It’s one of those days that you know whoever was fishing was blessed with a great day, beautiful weather, one unit running, not to many boats. It was also my first time breaking in the drift boat. I kept telling myself, couldn’t have picked a better day. There were so many caddis coming off they were getting on my nerves. Getting inside your polarized sunglasses to flying in the hole in the back of your hat. I got some good pictures of the two caddis coming off. They should be on my site sometime today. So if you plan on fishing the White this week go check those out so you‘ll have the right flies. It took me a few times to figure out what dry they wanted to take.

They will be generating real soon. I went through Lead Hill on my way to Arkansas and the water was getting close to the bridge on Hwy 14.

[Phil Lilley]

Better enjoy it while you can. Water level on BS is rising 12 per day with 8 feet left in the flood pool. Plus with rains today and Thursday, it will push it to the limit quicker.

I wonder how close the Corp will let the level get to the top before releasing?

[Don Allenbaugh]

They are 3/10ths of foot from the flood level at Norfork and haven't opened the flood gates yet.

[Phil Lilley]

The Corp must have a direct line to God or a great meteorologist because what if Norfork's watershed get another rain like the one 3 weeks ago or even a fraction of it? What if they get so much water they can't control the flow? I would think holding that small of margin would be playing russian roulette with the properties below the dam, wouldn't it? They're doing the same with Beaver Lake. Will they do the same with Bull Shoals too?