Another good morning on the White

[netboy]

I am surprised that SWPA is still holding water back at Bull Shoals dam. My fishing buddy from Corpus Christi has been here for the last couple of weeks and we have been taking advantage of the caddis hatch. The hatch is getting less each day but the trout are still looking up for them. There was the usual midge hatch early and a size 20 parachute adams worked great. Caught a dozen nice rainbows and 1 cuttie on that and then around 10am the fog cleared and we started to see some caddis hatching. It got better as it warmed up and then the caddis really started.... but then the dreaded horn blew at 11:45 am.

Still ended up with about 25 nice rainbows and a few cutties.

Here's a couple of the better rainbows.....

[fshndoug]

Sweet

[Quillback]

I believe they are holding water due to the river gauge at Newport being at 18 feet.  They will usually hold off drawing down water until the gauge is at least down to 14.  With more rain on the horizon, you guys may have this good water to fish for a while.  At least that is my reading of the tea leaves.

[Ham]

Going to be a long jerkbait summer on the White. I'm going to fish the White below Batesvillie in Waldo this summer. I'm not sure how much I will truly learn   because this summer is going to be so atypical, but I am counting on catching a pile of fish and likely 15 species or more.