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We fished the Norfork this past weekend, and had some spectacular fishing! We stayed on the White River, but woke up to low water on the Norfork, so since we were dying to fish some low water, we headed to the Fork. We dropped the drift boat in the water, and headed down to McClellans. It was the day of the cutthroat. We caught three very nice cuts, and their colors were truly beautiful. It was one of those days you always hear about but never quite believe--we lost count after one hundred fish. We hooked most of our fish...

Two buddies and I headed out to the White after learning there would be a little low water. Early in the day we figured their eyes would be looking up with all of the caddis hatches that had been coming off, so we started by swinging soft hackles. Unreal fishing! Got some action nearly every cast! I caught a pretty nice brown early on a partridge and green soft hackle. About mid morning there was a little more action on top, so we switched to an elk hair caddis. We didn't have any legitimate rises in the morning, but that...

Mike W. and I fished Saturday at Beaver Tailwater and walked in at the turn-around. Fishing was pretty good and Mike nailed several in the moving water on a soft hackle before going to nymphs in the deeper water. I did best on a size sixteen Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph and caught some on a size eighteen silver bead, silver wire, grey thread Zebra Midge. The action was pretty good despite freezing temps, rain and wind. We probably caught fifteen to twenty each in about four hours of fishing. It was too cold to take a camera, but thought...

Thought I would forward a couple of Palomino Trout photos. I talked with Tom Bly with the AGFC and these were purchased from a private hatchery and over the past few weeks have been stocked from Cotter down to Ships Ferry. They are so visual that they will make fairly easy prey but it is worth a trip to see them. Snapped during a recent trip to Bull Shoals, Randy sent us these pics of a unique subset of rainbow trout, the Palomino Trout. Thanks for the pics, Randy, and congrats on a rare catch!

Nine-year old Megan tore it up on Norfork (and yes, Dry Run Creek) a couple of days this week. A self-proclaimed 'girly-girl tom-boy' (note the pink shorts and sequined top with hip-boots and camo gear), Megan was executing a beautiful double-spey cast in no time, and giving the trout what for. Sorry-- her parents have all the Dry Run Creek photos... Norfork is fishing very well right now, with tons of healthy, spunky fish eating small olive scuds, sowbugs, midge pupae, and pheasant tails. Oh, and the occasional big foam hopper! Of the four days I fished with clients the...