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Category_Fishing Reports, Trout -

There has been lots of low, wadeable water below most of the White River System Dams over the past few weeks, so Theresa and I took a day to wade in below Bull Shoals Dam, and we hammered the trout on everything from miniscule midge pupa to huge hoppers! If you get a chance to head to any of our area tailwaters, it’s well worth the trip—the fishing is on fire! One of the many feisty browns we caught on black foam ants! Revived and ready for release. Thanks for playing!

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Category_Fishing Reports, Trout -

If you haven't checked the water conditions in the last couple of weeks, you may not have noticed that Bull Shoals has been giving up several full weekends worth of low water, as well as the Norfork! The fishing has been stellar, with many solid browns, cutties, and rainbows coming to hand on caddis pupa patterns, various midges, and even caddis dries when the hatch really kicks off! I have had the pleasure of guiding Andy and Becky several times in the last couple of months, and they can't get enough! There's nothing like finding a pod of browns on...

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Category_Saltwater -

To say that my recent trip to New Orleans was awesome would be an understatement. Between the great people, incredible food, and spectacular fishing, there isn't much more to ask for in a fishing trip. Redfish are, and probably will always be one of my favorite fish to pursue, and if you haven't had the opportunity to see a big bull red hammer your fly like it's an intruder in their living room, you have to go check it out. The conditions this trip were tough, there is no getting past that. Because of all the recent rainstorms blowing through...

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Category_Fishing Reports, White Bass / Stripers -

White bass! Over the past couple of weeks, the white bass fishing has been great in the Twin Bridges Area! Both Richland Creek and the White have been providing good action for whites, walleye and hybrids! Clouser Minnows in bright colors like chartreuse are still working well, but over the last couple of days (as the water has cleared) grey and white as well as all white Clousers have been hooking the most fish. It won’t last long, so be sure and take advantage of this local fishery while you can! The things we do to catch a few fish!...

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Bass, Category_Fishing Reports -

In the midst of the White Bass run, I have had smallmouth on my mind (go figure). Therefore, I twisted a few arms to come with me up to the Elk for an afternoon float in search of some Smallie action. Turns out, we found it, and there were a lot of big fish in the river. Although we didn't land anything huge, we did get several fish this size to the boat, as well as quite a few more smaller ones. If you haven't fished for smallmouth on the fly rod, swing by the shop and we can point...

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