Fishing Report 9/28/2007

[John Berry]

Sorry for the late report. I did two very full days on the Norfork and this is my first chance to post a report. I took two clients to Rim last Friday. The week before Conclave it was virtually deserted. We arrived fairly early and fished late. We caught fish all day. One of the guys was pretty new to the whole thing. We did a lot of teaching and concentrated on nymphing techniques. We probably landed close to forty five fish. The big fish was a tad over eighteen inches.The hot fly was the black zebra midge. The White is loaded with fish and the anglers that can sneak out of Conclave should have a great time.

[Zach Bearden]

Great report! Just one question, was there any topwater action? Anything hatching? Thanks!

[John Berry]

We fished hoppers for a while and got several takes but my guys were having a bit of a problem tagging them on dries. On the Norfork, we did see some blue wing olives but the trout were not keying on them. There was some sporadic activity but no steady feeding.

[Danoinark]

John thanks for the great reports on all of the rivers.

And again thanks for the tip on the woolies, (beaded) from an earlier thread.

Also

I got a mutual friend of ours all signed up here by the way....

I am sure he has been in touch with you since he signed up here.

We were in the same biz in Memphis years ago..and we have been emailing about 30 years of catch up. We need to convince him to get his self up this way for a bit of REAL fishing...seems he wants to catch all those scrub fish down in Florida...

Dano

[Bill Anderson]

Thanks, Dano....hey John...been a while since we chatted on the phone...yeah, still taking a few of the salty critters here in south Florida, but really wish I could wet a line with you again on the White. I might just be back in the Arkansas waters in the next year, tho. I fished Tampa Bay last week end with my club, the Mangrove Coast Flyfishers at a joint outing with the Suncoast Flyfishers of St. Petersburg, and we caught a few snook and sea trout. But it gets tiresome heaving an 8 wt. flyrod all day, and I'm looking forward to spending some time on the White with my 5 wt. Thanks for all the fishing reports...it's good to be able to keep up with what's going on in your neck of the woods. Take Care. Bill Anderson

[John Berry]

Bill,

The fishing here has been red hot for the past week. You need to come up here and catch some of these trout. They are in good shape and fighting well. I hope to see you soon.