Can’t believe I get paid to do this guiding thing and have so much fun at the same time.  The terrestrial fishing is as hot as it’s been since before the flood gates and all the rain we’ve had over the past couple of years,  2007 was the last good year we had on the surface like we’ve had now.  I love this weak generation we are getting at this time as it is perfect for this type of fishing.  It’s hard to beat a hopper and a dropper.

Dave's nice 17 inch bow

Chernobyl ants as well as Dave’s hoppers, parachute hoppers, black foam ants, bulbous bi-visibles and other various hopper ant looking type of flies are HOT…  ON FIRE.   I fished a gentle man earlier in the week who never had a fly rod in his hand before.  What a treat for me when someone picks up a Greys 10 ft 3 weight for the first time and in a matter of 30 minutes is casting 4o feet and catching fish.  All week long this weak generation has provided some fabulous opportunities for surface action which should continue through the middle of September.

Mayor Jack from Lufkin Tx

Dave with big Bow below Cane Island in the Gaston hole

The hopper – dropper fishing is fabulous throughout the White River and reports from the confluence of the Norfork all the way up to the dam have been good. Thats 45 mils of river.  Book your fishing adventure soon and call the shop 870-445-3848 or 870-404-8906.  Fly Fish Arkansas and Wishes & Fishes Fly Shop will arrange a fishing trip of a lifetime for you, your buddies, your family or we can facilitate team building fishing adventure for your key employees or your most valued customers. Your fun is our business.

Here is some great lodging over looking the White River :  http://www.vrbo.com/256482

Give Doug or Steve a shout if you are looking for some outstanding lodging.  I’ve been up there. It’s nice.  GRRREAT view and a NNNNicce lodge.

Will have more info on this property soon.

Fly Shop:

Chota & Hendrix Outdoors Waders. Great Value Waders. We'll ship 'em.

UTC Thread $1.00 a spool

UTC THREAD SALE:  $1.00 a spool.  In stock items only.  Sizes 70, 140, 210 denier only until Saturday August 28th at 4:00 P.M. Central Time when the sale ends. Walk in or call in.  We’ll ship to all 50 states. Call the shop for details.  870-445-3848 from 9 till 4 Central Time.  See the wapsi website for colors.  Phone in orders from all 50 states are welcome.

Conditions:  Limit 25 spools per order (per customer) and no more than 4 spools per color. In stock items only. No special orders.  Sale ends Saturday August 28th at 4:00 P.M. Central Time. All items must be paid for in advance if ordered by phone or e-mail. We reserve the right to change or end this sale before August 28th.  However we would love to fill all orders as best we can.  Give us a shout on the phone at 870-445-3848 Tuesday through Saturday 9 A.M. till 4:00 P.M. Saturday for more information.

Jimmy T.

8/21/10

Looks like today is gonna be a wadeable kind of day, at least until noon.  Of course when the water does come up hop in your fish-mobile and head downstream.  Cotter will put you 5 hours in front of the rising water and rim shoals will give you another hour or so.  The water taxi at rim will pick you up when the water begins to come in.  See Gary Flippin at the office to arrange this outstanding service.  The big question though is wether or not we’ll see some wadeable water for Saturday and Sunday.  The past two weekends have seen some very weak generation during the morning hours with heavier generation due to power demand cranking up around noon. The lake level is at 654.5 with the normal pool level being 654 this usually means some more predictable “no generation water ”  Predicted Water Generation Schedule We’ll find out what the schedule is for Saturday, Sunday and Monday by 4:30 this afternoon by checking out the generation schedule either on line or by calling the generation schedule phone number (866)-494-1993 which is voice activated and usually has this information a little sooner than the online schedule does.

Here is a little tip about using this number:  It is an automated service and when you get through hit the * (star)  button on your touch pad which will take you directly to the information that you want. By doing this it will eliminate the greeting and wether or not you want the info in Spanish. You’ll also want to be where there is very little back ground noise or you’ll get frustrated by getting the wrong information.  Try it and you’ll like it.

Dam Work:

Finally the work being done at the dam is over.  The lights on both ends of the dam are gone so there  is no more waiting for them to change.  Thank Goodness.  We were all getting tired of it.

Hoppers, Ants & Midges:

Some pretty good surface action is happening with hoppers and foam type ants all along the river at this time.  This is some pretty exciting action on no generation water up to a couple of units all along the upper end of the river down to the Rim Shoals area. A dropper such as a tungsten bead midge or sow bug  is a good way to get some extra strikes from every drift.  Our shop ( Wishes & Fishes ) located in Bull Shoals by the dam has plenty of Chernobyl ants and Hoppers as well as the flotant to keep them floating high.  If you discover your waders have a nasty leak or your boots need replacing we also carry Chota waders and boots as well as some very affordable breathable waders from Hendrix Outdoors from $99.00.

Weather Outlook:

We’ve had some pretty oppressive heat the past couple of weeks with temps at and above 100 f but it looks as though this is going to break as of Sunday with highs in the lower 90’2  We’ve been getting some pop up type thunder boomers in the late afternoons that don’t hang around too long.  The chance of these quick storms seems to always be at 20% at this time of the year.  Back to school time around here means “NO CROWDS”  as the summer family crowds fade away finding lodging and a spot to fish gets a whole lot easier.  The last two weeks of August and the first two weeks of September are traditionally pretty slow in that the number of folks flowing into the area drops to a trickle so it’s a good time to book a fishing trip.

Feel free to give us a shout at the shop number 870-445-3848 for any type of information about the White or Norfork rivers and about fishing this area and our guide services.

Good Fishing

Jim   8/13/10