August trip.. Norfork and other rivers

[netboy]

Spent the month of August at our place in North Arkansas. We had 6 inches of the rain the day before we arrived so most of the rivers were high and muddy. Fortunately the Norfork tailwater is quite short and has no major tributaries so it stays clear after big rain events. Fished there the first few days until the other rivers got back to normal.

Fishing was great with lots of rainbows along with a few browns, cutthroats and brooks. Had 2 days on the Norfork where I got an Ozark slam and caught all 4 species of trout. Best flies were soft hackles and midges on the Norfork & White and egg patterns and Woolly Buggers on the Spring & 11 Point rivers.
Here's some pictures..

1, Norfork brown

2, Rim Shoals cutthroat

3. Spring river fattie (posted this pic earlier on trout forum) 

4. Another Spring river rainbow

5. Wife with a Norfork rainbow

6. Close up of a nicely colored brookie

 

[jtram]

That is LIVING!