Fishing In October/november

[Wrath]

So I'll finally be making it back to Taneycomo this fall after over a year hiatus. I'll of course be fishing for the browns and bows near the outlets, but I was also looking for other general areas to fish for trout on those weekends. Be it by wading or float tube, on the White River or maybe some other tribs. I would prefer trout, but if you have some other good recommendations for pike/musky or smallmouth, that would be great as well. Just looking for other stuff to do. Me and monotony don't get along too well ....

[Leonard]

good to hear your coming back...

we just may have to get together again..

Leonard

[Jeremy Hunt]

Wrath,

If your bringing a float tube, I would go downstream and work the bluff on the side across from the houses at Point Royale. I like to catch the run early as their moving upstream. I’m sure that will depend on the start of it, but it’s usually when the leaves start falling. Now that I’m in Arkansas fishing these tailwaters. I’ll sure miss having the time to spend looking for those bigger fish, but I can’t wait to look for ward to the same thing down here.

The White River is definitely something you should keep in the back of your mind. This water down here is for sure some of the finest fly fishing water around. And there’s a lot of quality fish in the rivers right now. I’ve had trips the last three days and we’ve caught a number of browns in the 19-21 inch range. And gorgeous fish with lot’s color. These browns down here are already starting to have red dots and orange belly’s. The spawn here is a little earlier then Taneycomo’s and were actually fishing wadable water right now on the Fork. I’ve been taking the drift boat out and floating the whole thing and never getting the high water because it doesn’t reach us until were almost at the confluence. You have to time it right so what I’ve been doing is putting in right up at the dam around 7am and fishing the upper section until 10:30 or so then fish as your going downstream until you hit areas you want to spend a little more time on. The key is to be at least half the distance of the river which is two miles out of the four then it takes the water about forty five minutes to reach and by that time your fishing your way out. So you get about a seven to eight hour wadable day that is some of the best fly fishing water we have going right now (especially for waders). Tons of fish and were catching grand slams every time we go out. The brookies and cutts are small, but the browns and rainbows are plentiful right now. One thing I like about the Norfork is catching some of the juvenile fish that are podded up in these pools. Some of the cutest baby brown trout I’ve seen. The reason I say this is because we don’t have a lot of juvenile brown trout in Taney so it’s something different. And I like that!!

I have a lot more to share, but it’s going to take some time to write about it so I’ll post it on my website later.

[Wrath]

Hey Leonard,

It's good to be back. I just wish gas cost a bit less so I could be more of a regular. I'm working on a plan though to move to a better area of fishing besides Kansas. I hope to see you some time this fall.

Jeremy,

Thanks for the information, I had forgot about your website. I've fished that stretch of the Norfork before, but it was with two drunks, so needless to say, it was the worst fishing trip I ever had and I never fished with those guys again. I am so itching to get back down to Arkansas this fall as well. We'll see what happens with school and deer hunting. Once I wrap up my MBA in February, I'm bound for Yellowstone and Alaska next year!

Thanks!

Tim