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There's a very fat 18.5-inch rainbow behind all those hands.One of our customers had his sons in town this past week and wanted to get them hooked on fly fishing, so we headed over to Bull Shoals. Thursday afternoon we waded Wildcat Shoals in two units of water and worked on casting and technique (and caught some fish). Friday morning we fished below the dam (in the rain) in 2-3 units and caught some nice piggies drifting nymphs, particularly the Guide's Choice Hare's Ear. I'm pretty sure Aaron and Jim caught the fly fishing bug, and hopefully they'll start sticking...

The white bass are running full force, and we've also had several reports of hybrids and stripers showing up, so make sure you use a stout tippet and tie your knots well! It won't last long, so get out as soon and as often as you can!

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Before this latest cold snap, we were starting to catch decent numbers of whites, so once the water temperature warms back up after this weekend, the whites should really start running! Also, be prepared for anything—you never know what you might hook during the white bass run!Dave Whitlock with a nice walleye he hooked while fishing for white bass at Twin Bridges!Michael with a ten-pound striper he somehow landed (got lucky) while white bass fishing with his Scott X2s six-weight rod and eight-pound Rio Max Plus tippet!

On Thursday, just before this latest cold snap, my brother and I headed out to Twin Bridges to see if we could find any white bass. We launched the boat, and fished from the mouth of Richland Creek all the way past Walker’s Bluff downstream, and while we didn’t hook a bunch of fish, we did manage to boat fourteen whities! Most were small juveniles, but three were in the one- to two-pound range. With the warmer temps predicted for the middle of next week, it won’t be long now! There are definitely fish in the area, and once the...