Low water fishing this week

[netboy]

We have had minimum flow on the White and Norfork since Tuesday. They are increasing the flows around noon so the water is down until about 5pm here at Cotter. I fished Norfork one day and then here at Cotter and Roundhouse a couple days and Bull Shoals dam yesterday and this morning. Fishing has been great with lots of nice size rainbows, a few cutthroats, browns, brookies, goldens and tigers. 
The last couple of days at the dam fish have been rising to small mayflies starting around 10 am and a size 18 parachute Sulphur has been working on top. Egg with a midge dropper has been good as well as a crackleback stripped just under the surface.

I heard they are holding back water since there was lots of rain downstream from Laura so I don't know how long the minimum flows will last.  

Here's a couple of pics.

[netboy]

A couple more,,, first one is a small tiger.

 

[Hawkfarm]

I very seldom post.  I always enjoy your pictures and report.  We’ve got a place on Taneycomo at Short Creek and don’t have the dry fly action that you have.  But we have plenty of surface action!  Boats!

[Quillback]

Great fish!

The Newport gauge was at 19 a few days ago, but has dropped to 15 and I believe once it hits 14 or maybe 12 they'll start running water again, FWIW, the Corps works in mysterious ways, and that's my best guess.