Spring River

[DainW]

Thinking about making a trip to the spring river in Arkansas in a couple weeks and from what I've found, there just not a lot of information out there, maybe that's by design I don't know. Think I've got the access figured, if I'm wading stay above dam 3 right? Mainly trying to figure out what flies to throw. Anybody with some experience on this river know what's hatching this time of year?

Thanks,

Dain

 

 

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[jdmidwest]

You can wade at the town access in Mammoth, Laseter below the Hotel, Below Dam 3, and at the Bayou.  You can enter any of the campgrounds along the river and pay a daily fee to fish from their banks.  With the river low from the drought, wading can be done in alot of places.  That may change with the incoming rains.

Probably not much hatching.  Streamers, woolly buggers, egg flies.

Contact Mark for guiding and local info.  He has a fly shop with flies and a website.

http://www.springriverfliesandguides.com/

[DainW]

Eggs and woollies huh? Sounds like my kind of place. I'll make sure and give mark a call. 

[DainW]

Hey JD thanks for the advice. We fished it last Monday and Tuesday and it fished great. Gave mark a call and he pretty have us the same suggestions fly wise. all those flies worked to some degree plus anything caddis as there were quite a few of those coming off with the warmer temps. Thought it was a really cool river and was able to fish dam 3, Lassiter, and bayou in two days. Lots of fish, but all were about 14 inches so no pics. Thanks again. 

[jdmidwest]

Fish have been smaller than that. They have been getting 11" fish from Norfork last few years because of a bug in the State Hatchery. But they have it cleaned up now and stock bigger fish. 

I usually go down in Jan and Feb. Hope low water stays around.