Members FlyfishinOK Posted March 8, 2012 Members Posted March 8, 2012 We've got a three night trip planned on the Upper Mtn Fork in a few weeks. We'll be staying in a cabin about 5 or 6 miles downstream from the Arkansas state line. I've fished the UMF from the Wey Co 28000 low water bridge off of 259 a few times but never up above Smithville. I was wondering if anyone has fished the upper and has any advice? Will be fly and spin fishing and kayaking if water levels are good. Thanks
Members FlyfishinOK Posted March 28, 2012 Author Members Posted March 28, 2012 I finally checked the Upper Mountain Fork off my float bucket list. I shared a cabin with my son and a few family members for 4 days/3 nights. The cabin was right on the river just upstream from the low water crossing on Beachton Rd. Water was high enough that we had to go through Hatfield Arkansas to get to the cabin. By Saturday morning the bridge was dry again. My bedroom view
Members FlyfishinOK Posted March 28, 2012 Author Members Posted March 28, 2012 We did some bank fishing and hiking until mid-morning Saturday. When fishing is slow I take pix of my gear... Craw Jig When the water dropped enough I threw in my yaks and went looking for the smallies. Several miles upstream from the low water bridge I found a nice shelf with a few big rocks below. I caught a few 12”-13” fatties before moving on to explore other areas. Little Fatty May be a crawdad or two in there?
Members FlyfishinOK Posted March 28, 2012 Author Members Posted March 28, 2012 Went exploring some of the feeder creeks and found some really cool spots on Beach Creek. Eagle Creek down on 259 After checking out Sunday we went down to check out Panther Creek below Smithville. We found the access road and made our way down to the camping area. The road ended in a flooded area and we could see the road reemerging on the other side. I did get a phone number off a sign to call for more information about the area. We stopped at Carl Albert Lake for a few minutes to catch some frisky little bass throwing tiny bett’s poppers on a 2 wt fly rod. We was catching them in the lily pads. It was a cool little lake that will defiantly stop at again on the way by.
On The Fly 6 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Great post! "The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses." -Anonymous "I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout." -by Paul O'Neil
Wayne SW/MO Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Wow, I missed this earlier, nice pictures. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
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