Trip Report 2-10-07

[RiverRunner]

Fished the Norfork River on Saturday from about 12:30-5 after a morning on the White at Bull Shoals Dam. We weren't having a great day there, so we called the powerhouse and found out that Norfork was shut off. When we arrived at the handicap access, there was still a little bit of tailwater left. I ended up with 6 with the best being a 16" male rainbow. Caught all fish on a #12 olive flash wooley bugger. If we had started at Norfork earlier, we would have done a lot better. As the day wore on, the crowds really showed up and that seemed to really put them down. The main thing was that I had a good time and learned some things about fishing the wooley.

[Terry Beeson]

RR,

Sounds like a good day to me! You certainly did better than I did yesterday at RR...

Were you fishing upstream or downstream from the handicap access?

While some people give you looks when you tie on a WB, they can be quite productive and can be fished several ways. I LOVE to cast them cross current then feel that tug on the swing.

[RiverRunner]

Terry,

We walked up above Cooks Island, but I caught most of my fish in the run right in front of the access. All but 2 of the fish hit it on the swing. I made the mistake of leaving the fish because we wanted to walk up into the trophy area. When we returned to the handicap access, the water had dropped out a little bit and the lawn chair brigade had set up.

I think we are going to walk up further to McClellans next time and try and beat the crowd.